#Scriban dictionary

• Ruination — The act of destroying, ruining, or completely annihilating something, or the result of this action; total destruction, ruination. Within older colloquial or familiar registers, the term is utilized to describe a source of financial ruin, a severe nuisance, or a person causing massive loss and destroying a family's stability through vices.
• To annihilate — To violently destroy, ruin from the foundations, or cause a being, material good, or community to completely disappear; to financially devastate. Originating from the Greek language, the verb describes an act of total annihilation, frequently found in historical chronicles and old religious texts to express divine wrath or the devastating impact of foreign invasions.
• Obliteration — The act of destroying, ruining, or completely obliterating something, or the result of this action; total annihilation, material devastation, or financial ruin. As a verbal action noun, the term evokes the dramatic process through which a social structure, family, or heritage asset meets its end or irreversible degradation under destructive factors.