Word Finder - ruins

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(sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.

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The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.

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The monastery has fallen into ruin.

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Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.

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Gambling has been the ruin of many.

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A fall or tumble.

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A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.

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the ruin of a ship or an army;  the ruin of a constitution or a government;  the ruin of health or hopes

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Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.

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To cause the fiscal ruin of.

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With all these purchases, you surely mean to ruin us!

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To destroy or make something no longer usable.

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He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them.

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To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.

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The crooked stockbroker's fraudulent scheme ruined dozens of victims; some investors lost their life savings and even their houses.

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To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.

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My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation.

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To make something less enjoyable or likeable.

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I used to love that song, but being assaulted when that song was playing ruined the song for me.

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To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.

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To fall into a state of decay.

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To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.

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The young libertine was notorious for ruining local girls.

They wanted to see the ruins again, so I took them on that route.

The most important ruins are those of the great basilica.

It has been universally admitted that " the palaces " or "the palace " (rd, 3aviXeca) burned down by Alexander are those now in ruins at Takhti Jamshid.

It yellows their teeth, makes their breath smell like a trash can, and ruins their health.

Between this and the "elliptical" kraal are the "Valley Ruins," consisting of smaller buildings which may have been the dwellings of those traders who bartered the gold brought in from distant mines.

If I can find a good way up to those ruins.

The building, now in ruins, was never completed.

He found Sweden in ruins, and devoted his whole life to laying the solid foundations of a new order of things which, in its essential features, has endured to the present day.

They found the ruins about a mile further where the creek followed a gorge between two high cliffs.

He nodded and turned, catching his breath as he gazed down at the ruins.

Two miles north-west of Callander is the Pass of Leny, "the gate of the Highlands," and farther in the same direction is Loch Lubnaig, on the shores of which stand the ruins of St Bride's chapel.

But now he felt that the universe had crumbled before his eyes and only meaningless ruins remained, and this not by any fault of his own.

Dusty surveyed the blackened ruins of the church in the grainy light of dawn.

Farther south-east, a line of sand dunes, covering the ruins of ancient villas, marks the coastline of the Roman period.

Garay, when on his way to Santa Fe, was unfortunately murdered by a party of Indians, Minuas (Mimas), three years later, while incautiously sleeping on the river bank near the ruins of San Espiritu.

There are no ruins, but a considerable quantity of debris.

The ruins of Pandosia, Ephyra, Elatea, Phoenike, Buthrotum, Akrolissos and other towns may be identified.

Of the medieval ruins those of Kroia, the stronghold of Scanderbeg, are the most interesting.

Not far away stand the ruins of the old castle of Dunphail.

It stands in grounds 4000 acres in extent, which include the White and Black Lochs and the ruins of Castle Kennedy, finely situated on the isthmus between the lakes.

The castle, being evidently deserted, was in ruins in 1586.

Finally from a comparative study of several ruins it was established that the plan and construction of Zimbabwe are by no means unique, and that this site only differs from others in Rhodesia in respect of the great dimensions and the massiveness of its individual buildings.

There are three distinct though connected groups of ruins at Zimbabwe, which are commonly known as the "Elliptical Temple," the "Acropolis" and the "Valley Ruins."

In the neighbourhood are the ruins of Law Castle, Crosbie Castle and Portincross Castle, the last, dating from the 13th century, said to be a seat of the Stuart kings.

These ruins, for which the name Kizil minare or Chihil menare (" the forty columns or minarets "), can be traced back to the 13th century, are now known as Takhti Jamshid (" the throne of Jamshid ").

It is celebrated from its connexion with Catullus, for the large ruins of a Roman villa on the promontory have been supposed to be his country house.

The Sassanian kings have covered the face of the rocks in this neighbourhood, and in part even the Achaemenian ruins, with their sculptures and inscriptions, and must themselves have built largely here, although never on the same scale of magnificence as their ancient predecessors.

But when Pietro della Valle was there in 1621 it was already in ruins.

The ruins at Takhti Jamshid are alluded to as the work of Humai, in connexion with an event which occurred shortly after A.D.

There are no ruins of any importance on the site of either Ialysus or Camirus, but excavations at the latter place have produced valuable and interesting results in the way of ancient vases and other antiquities, which are now in the British Museum.

While young Rousseau went to Rome, where he spent some years in painting the ancient ruins, together with the surrounding landscapes.

Close by are the ruins of the castle of Sobroso, which played an important part in the medieval civil wars.

The most extensive ruins are a group of royal buildings enclosed in a wall.

These ruins include the palace of Yesu II., which has several fine chambers.

In 1821 Rich went to Basora, whence he made an excursion to Shiraz, visiting the ruins of Persepolis and the other remains in the neighbourhood.

Outside the walls are the scanty ruins of two ancient temples.

The ruins still visible on the site bear the name of Palaea Fokia, but they are of little interest.

It is celebrated for the ruins of early aboriginal buildings still extant, about half a mile from its present site.

The age of these buildings is unknown, as they were already in ruins at the time of the Spanish Conquest.

Similar ruins to those of Casas Grandes exist near the Gila, the Salinas, and the Colorado and it is probable that they are all the erections of one people.

Bancroft's The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America, of which the principal authorities are the Noticias del Estado de Chihuahua of Escudero, who visited the ruins in 1819; an article in the first volume of the Album Mexicano, the author of which was at Casas Grandes in 1842; and the Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora and Chihuahua (1854), by John Russell Bartlett, who explored the locality in 1851.

Rajputana is of great archaeological interest, possessing some fine religious buildings in ruins and others in excellent preservation.

Three miles to the south of Herat the Kandahar road crosses the river by a masonry bridge of 26 arches now in ruins.

Not far off are ruins probably of ancient baths, and the concrete core of a large tomb with a vaulted chamber within.

It occupies a slight eminence, crowned by the ruins of a Moorish castle, and overlooking the Guadiana.

The Silarus or Sele enters the Gulf of Salerno a few miles below the ruins of Paestum.

But the conditions under which it could arise, casting from itself all foreign and feudal trammels, recognizing its true past in ancient Rome, and reconstructing a civility out of the ruins of those glorious memories, were now at last granted.

In the south-east corner of the city are the picturesque ruins of the Roman imperial palace, and near the bridge are the extensive substructures of the 4thcentury Roman baths, 660 ft.

It was a great city under the Sassanids, of which some ruins are extant.

The former, standing on the south side of the market square, is a Gothic structure, erected in 1353-1370 on the ruins of Charlemagne's palace.