To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
To destroy or make something no longer usable.
To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
The act of ruining something.
Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
To flinch or draw back.
To begin.
To awaken suddenly.
To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.
To break away, to come loose.
To put into play.
To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
To set in motion.
To have its origin (at), begin.
To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
To jerk suddenly in surprise.
To start one's periods (menstruation).
To begin an activity.
To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
A handle, especially that of a plough.
A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
The beginning of an activity.
An instance of starting.
A sudden involuntary movement.