fördärv

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) (often hyperbolic and abstract, sometimes moral) destruction (or something that causes it)
 * 2) ruin, undoing, perdition, etc.
 * 3)  depravity, corruption (state of being ruined, etc.)
 * 4)  perdition, eternal damnation, hell
 * 1)  depravity, corruption (state of being ruined, etc.)
 * 2)  perdition, eternal damnation, hell
 * 1)  depravity, corruption (state of being ruined, etc.)
 * 2)  perdition, eternal damnation, hell

Usage notes

 * Often as "leda/störta i fördärvet" (lead/plunge into [the] ruin).
 * Often with various intensifiers, like "leda rakt i (straight into) / ner i (down into) / rakt ner i (straight down into) fördärvet."