ruins in English

noun

1

the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

a large white house falling into gentle ruin

synonyms: disintegration, decay, disrepair, dilapidation, ruination, destruction, demolition, wreckage, teardown

verb

1

reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.

a ruined castle

synonyms: destroy, devastate, lay waste, ravage, raze, demolish, wreck, wipe out, flatten

2

fall headlong or with a crash.

carriages go ruining over the brink from time to time

noun

disintegration, decay, disrepair, dilapidation, ruination, destruction, demolition, wreckage, teardown
remains, remnants, fragments, relics, rubble, debris, wreckage
downfall, collapse, defeat, undoing, failure, breakdown, ruination, Waterloo
bankruptcy, insolvency, penury, poverty, destitution, impoverishment, indigence, failure
wrecking, laying waste, ruination, ruining
ruination, downfall
ruination
dilapidation

verb

wreck, bankrupt, destroy, smash, deflower
wreck, destroy, spoil, mar, blight, shatter, dash, torpedo, scotch, mess up, sabotage, screw up, foul up, put the kibosh on, nix, scupper, scuttle
bankrupt, make insolvent, impoverish, pauperize, wipe out, break, cripple, devastate, bring someone to their knees
destroy, devastate, lay waste, ravage, raze, demolish, wreck, wipe out, flatten
smash, break, bankrupt
destroy
deflower

Use "ruins" in a sentence

1. The abbey was in ruins.

2. You're a relic protecting ruins.

3. Our plans are in ruins.

4. Her marriage was in ruins.

5. The ruins on that poster.

6. The Abundance of money ruins youth

7. They will surely “fall to ruins.”

8. In the countryside, near the ruins.

9. The city was laid in ruins.

10. And I will restore its ruins;

11. The scandal left his reputation in ruins.

12. We saw the ruins of the church.

13. Ruins of a large Roman theater remain

14. Except Derartu Tulu ruins the script again.

15. Head there to find the Arcadian Ruins

16. Explore the cathedral heritage centres, Roman ruins.

17. The abundance of money ruins youth. 

18. The ancient city of Babylon is in ruins.

19. We visited the ruins of the old abbey.

20. This is a verse photographing the human ruins.

21. Several columns among the ruins still defiantly upright.

22. Careful examination of the ruins revealed new evidence.

23. Take charge of this overthrown pile of ruins.”

24. Ruins of Mari, showing unbaked mud-brick construction

25. The invader laid towns and villages in ruins.

26. In the wrong hands, it-- it ruins lives

27. The economy was in ruins after the war.

28. An earthquake left the whole town in ruins.

29. Survivors wandered through the ruins in a daze.

30. This type of Boorish behavior ruins the work environment

31. The last ruins were cleared in the 19th century.

32. You bring in science, and it ruins the magic. "

33. He stared sadly at the ruins of his house.

34. The ruins of Ancyra furnish today valuable bas-reliefs

35. 10 Careful examination of the ruins revealed new evidence.

36. It took hours for the ruins to smoulder out.

37. “Until the cities crash in ruins without an inhabitant

38. An altar to an unknown god, Pergamum ruins, Turkey

39. Several columns among the ruins still stood defiantly upright.

40. Your mother kept this hidden in these ancient ruins.

41. Rehearsal in ruins as Van Dort boy causes chaos!

42. A second glance Leaves the whole nation in ruins

43. Years of fighting have left the area in ruins.

44. The heavy artillery bombardment reduced the village to ruins.

45. Abandonings American Ruins Tobacco Markings Origins Books Prints Assignment

46. It burns up your money and ruins your health.

47. What do these ruins reveal about the Bible accounts?

48. You bring in science, and it ruins the magic."

49. The Aztec Ruins National Monument stands close to the city.

50. You will turn fortified cities into desolate piles of ruins.