Antonyms for ruins

Grammar : Noun

Spell : roo-in

Phonetic Transcription : ˈru ɪn

creation

Definition of ruins

Origin : late 14c., "act of giving way and falling down," from Old French ruine "a collapse" (14c.), and directly from Latin ruina "a collapse, a rushing down, a tumbling down" (cf. Spanish ruina, Italian rovina), related to ruere "to rush, fall violently, collapse," from PIE *reue- "to smash, knock down, tear out, dig up" (see rough (adj.)). Meaning "complete destruction of anything" is from 1670s. Ruins "remains of a decayed building or town" is from mid-15c.; the same sense was in the Latin plural noun.

noun buildings that are dilapidated

Example sentences :

And the sacred "ordinance," with all other proprieties, was left in ruins that day.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

It was at the home of the Lemballeuse, the family who lived in the ruins of the mill.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

He leaves no permanent monument, no ruins of former greatness.
Extract from : « Indian Legends of Vancouver Island » by Alfred Carmichael

But for some reason this town, also, died and left the ruins alone.
Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall

There they sprouted and grew, and at last flowers and grass covered the ruins.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

Yet these are nearly all in ruins and children play in them.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

In the neighbourhood of many of our villages stand the ruins of an old monastery.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

Silence and darkness fell upon the ruins of his love and his faith.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

But suddenly he started: two carabiniers had just appeared among the ruins.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

And it was himself, his soul and his brain, which lay among the ruins.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for ruins

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