ruinate

Etymology
From the participle stem of.

Verb

 * 1)  To reduce to ruins; to destroy.
 * , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.51:
 * as in lust, [animals] covet carnal copulation at set times, men always, ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.
 * 1)  To fall; to tumble.
 * 1)  To fall; to tumble.

Adjective

 * 1) Falling into ruin; decrepit.