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Ruin Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SPOIL which was last seen in the Telegraph Quick crossword.
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97%5Exact Match!
noun

• (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)

• the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

• the act of stripping and taking by force

verb

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• become unfit for consumption or use

• alter from the original

• treat with excessive indulgence

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

• have a strong desire or urge to do something

• destroy and strip of its possession

• make imperfect

96%3Exact Match!
noun

• a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

• the month following February and preceding April

verb

• make imperfect

• destroy or injure severely

95%7Exact Match!
verb

• do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

• destroy completely; damage irreparably

• defeat soundly and humiliatingly

• put (an animal) to death

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Source #Number Answer
Telegraph Quick26 Aug 2024 Down 11
Telegraph Mini15 Apr 2024 Down 3
New York Times14 May 2023 Across 66
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