ALL meanings of ruins
ru·in
R r - noun ruins ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece. 1
- noun ruins a destroyed or decayed building, town, etc. 1
- noun ruins a fallen, wrecked, or decayed condition: The building fell to ruin. 1
- noun ruins the downfall, decay, or destruction of anything. 1
- noun ruins the complete loss of health, means, position, hope, or the like. 1
- noun ruins something that causes a downfall or destruction; blight: Alcohol was his ruin. 1
- noun ruins the downfall of a person; undoing: the ruin of Oedipus. 1
- noun ruins a person as the wreck of his or her former self; ravaged individual. 1
- noun ruins the act of causing destruction or a downfall. 1
- verb with object ruins to reduce to ruin; devastate. 1
- verb with object ruins to bring (a person, company, etc.) to financial ruin; bankrupt. 1
- verb with object ruins to injure (a thing) irretrievably. 1
- verb with object ruins to induce (a woman) to surrender her virginity; deflower. 1
- verb without object ruins to fall into ruins; fall to pieces. 1
- verb without object ruins to come to ruin. 1
- noun plural ruins the parts of something that remain after it has been severely damaged or weakened 0
- noun plural ruins the parts of a building that remain after the rest has fallen down or been destroyed 0