To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable. He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them. By the fireside there are old men seated, / Seeing ruined cities in the ashes. To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something. More @Wikipedia
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