English Explanatory Dictionary

wrack and ruin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Complete destruction.

Pronunciation

En-au-wrack and ruin.ogg

Word forms

wrack and ruin wracke and ruine

Etymology

1577, as wracke and ruine, influenced by earlier go to wrecke (1548).

Derived words

rack and ruin
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