The act of ruining something.
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.
Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
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.
A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
A tinge, trace or touch.
A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
The perineum.
To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
To spoil (food) by contamination.
To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.