ruins

nounbuildings that are dilapidated

Synonyms for ruins

noun buildings that are dilapidated

Antonyms for ruins

creation

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for ruins

And the sacred "ordinance," with all other proprieties, was left in ruins that day.

It was at the home of the Lemballeuse, the family who lived in the ruins of the mill.

He leaves no permanent monument, no ruins of former greatness.

But for some reason this town, also, died and left the ruins alone.

There they sprouted and grew, and at last flowers and grass covered the ruins.

Yet these are nearly all in ruins and children play in them.

In the neighbourhood of many of our villages stand the ruins of an old monastery.

Silence and darkness fell upon the ruins of his love and his faith.

But suddenly he started: two carabiniers had just appeared among the ruins.

And it was himself, his soul and his brain, which lay among the ruins.

ruins

Synonyms for ruins

Antonyms for ruins

ash

ash(es)

debris

debrises

hulk

ruins

Synonyms for ruins

Antonyms for ruins

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archaeological site

ash

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debris

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