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Completely ruin sum (5)

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I believe the answer is:

total

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This clue could be a double definition.

'completely ruin' is the first definition.
'total' can be an answer for 'ruin' (total can mean to totally ruin something). I am unsure of the 'completely' bit.

'sum' is the second definition.
(I know that sum can be written as total)

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(Other definitions for total that I've seen before include "Utter" , "Everything added together" , "The whole number" , "Sum, aggregation" , "Including all" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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