To spoil something so that it can’t be used: “You’ve ________ my new hat.” [Asked in early Questionnaires only]
| RUINED | 60 |
| RUINT | 12 |
| SPOILED | 11 |
| SPOILT | 4 |
| CRUSHED | 2 |
| MASHED | 2 |
| SMASHED | 2 |
| DESTROYED | 1 |
| MESSED | 1 |
| PUT IT IN THE BARN | 1 |
| ROONT | 1 |
| SOILED | 1 |
| SPOIL | 1 |
| SQUUSHED | 1 |
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