ruined
adjective
[ ˈruːɪnd ]
• (of a building or place) reduced to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.
• "a ruined castle"
Similar:
derelict,
in ruins,
gone to rack and ruin,
dilapidated,
ruinous,
tumbledown,
ramshackle,
broken-down,
decrepit,
in disrepair,
falling to pieces,
falling apart,
crumbling,
decaying,
disintegrating,
neglected,
uncared-for,
shambly,
shacky,
munted,
blasted,
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’.
