ruin
noun
[ ˈruːɪn ]
• the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.
• "a large white house falling into gentle ruin"
Similar:
disintegration,
decay,
disrepair,
dilapidation,
falling to pieces,
decrepitude,
ruination,
destruction,
devastation,
damage,
demolition,
wreckage,
ruin
verb
• reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.
• "the castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers"
Similar:
destroy,
devastate,
lay waste,
leave in ruins,
wreak havoc on,
ravage,
leave desolate,
raze,
demolish,
blast,
wreck,
wipe out,
flatten,
level,
crush,
waste,
• fall headlong or with a crash.
• "carriages go ruining over the brink from time to time"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘collapse of a building’): from Old French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere ‘to fall’.
in ruins
• in a state of complete disorder or disintegration.
• "the economy was in ruins"
Similar:
derelict,
ruined,
gone to rack and ruin,
in disrepair,
falling to pieces,
falling apart,
dilapidated,
tumbledown,
ramshackle,
broken-down,
decrepit,
decaying,
ruinous,
neglected,
uncared-for,
destroyed,
in pieces,
in ashes,
falling down about one's ears,
over,
finished,
at an end,
in tatters,
in shreds,
on the rocks,
done for,
toast,
