ruiner
One who wrecks
A ruiner is someone or something that ruins—a person who destroys, spoils, or brings about the downfall of something valuable.
The word carries more weight than simply causing damage; it suggests complete undoing: He was the ruiner of his own career.
Often used with dramatic or accusatory force: You're such a ruiner.
One who destroys structures
- wreckerVehicle that removes others
- obliteratorSomething that destroys utterly
- annihilatorOne who destroys completely
- devastatorOne who lays waste
saboteur · vandal · eradicator · exterminator · despoiler · scourge · undoer · subverter
Decayed structural remains
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- shamblesState of total disorder
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
- debrisScattered broken fragments
devastation · destruction · aftermath · remains · desolation · carnage · wasteland · shell
Weakening by covert means
- subversionUndermining established authority
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- tamperingImproper interference with something
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
interference · destabilization · wrecking · crippling · disabling · derailment · betrayal · treachery
Organic breakdown process
- corrosionChemical wearing away
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- blightPlant disease causing decay
disintegration · degradation · erosion · atrophy · spoilage · mold · mildew · rust
demolisher
One who destroys structures
- wreckerVehicle that removes others
- obliteratorSomething that destroys utterly
- annihilatorOne who destroys completely
devastator · saboteur · vandal · eradicator · exterminator · despoiler · scourge · undoer · subverter · dismantler
ruins
Decayed structural remains
debris · devastation · destruction · aftermath · remains · desolation · carnage · wasteland · shell · husk
undermining
Weakening by covert means
- subversionUndermining established authority
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- tamperingImproper interference with something
obstruction · interference · destabilization · wrecking · crippling · disabling · derailment · betrayal · treachery · subterfuge
rot
Organic breakdown process
- corrosionChemical wearing away
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
blight · disintegration · degradation · erosion · atrophy · spoilage · mold · mildew · rust · tarnish
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
- financial ruinComplete loss of wealth
- road to ruinCourse toward destruction
- rack and ruinState of complete destruction
- wrack and ruinState of total decay
- ruined castleDeteriorated fortified structure
- castle ruinDecayed fortification structure
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