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Synonyms for ruins

Grammar : Noun
Spell : roo-in
Phonetic Transcription : ˈru ɪn

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Définition 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

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