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Meanings of ruins in English
Synonyms
Examples for "ruin"
Examples for "ruin"
1
Of course you ruin the whole effect wearin' runnin' shoes with it.
2
Only Seoul, he said, could help save the impoverished state from ruin.
3
The moment felt too good to ruin with words, so she didn't.
4
He's under constant threat of ruin through the loss of his animals.
5
Under the shadow of the crisis his character was going to ruin.
1
Following him, Daniel understood it as one corner of a ruined building.
2
The deeper into the ruined building Jul walked, the more he saw.
3
I was in a vast, empty room in a ruined building.
4
As they passed by a ruined building the lady dismounted and went in.
5
Under the wall of the great ruined building he had seen something move.
Usage of ruins in English
1
Their economy is in ruins; their political system is an Orwellian tyranny.
2
There are seven pueblos in ruins in the canyon, without reckoning Nos.
3
Today, you can see blackened ruins, including a mostly destroyed 18th-century theatre.
4
This cut gives a general idea of the ruins from the west.
5
True, there were still areas where the fires had left charred ruins.
6
In terms of working, I think it ruins your identity and reputation.
7
The position of the kivas in many of the ruins suggests this.
8
It lights the ruins and it is pale day in the desert.
9
To the left in the background the ruins of an old temple.
10
The treasure had been found in the ruins of the Temple Deir-el-Bahari.
11
I pulled myself together today and went out to visit the ruins.
12
Pull down the cookery, and crush the young rooks in the ruins.
13
Domestic violence ruins lives and creates dangerous vulnerabilities in the next generation.
14
She was in a secret chamber under a tower in the ruins.
15
Images of slaughter dominated the broken ruins of Castle Zimmerman in particular.
16
In the north, a handful of great cities are already in ruins.
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Ruins through the time
Ruins across language varieties
Canada
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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