in ruins
in ruins prepositional phrase: of a building or structure, mostly destroyed.
Prepositional phrase
- Of a building or structure, mostly destroyed.
- The line ends at Narvik. Eight years ago the whole town was in ruins, but the industry of the Norwegian people has rebuilt it entirely.1953 June, C. E. N. Watts, “Railway Through Lapland”, in Railway Magazine, page 384
- Of a person, attribute, relationship, etc., totally damaged or spoiled.
- After being found guilty of animal abuse, her reputation was in ruins.
- His finances were in ruins after spending all his inheritance on cars and drugs.
in ruins meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam
in ruins in Hindi
- in ruins, dilapidated
- खंडहर khaṇḍhar
in ruins in Urdu
- in ruins, dilapidated
- کھنڈر khanḍar
in ruins in Malayalam
- ruined, derelict, in disrepair
- ജീർണ്ണിച്ച, നശിച്ചുകിടക്കുന്ന, ഉപേക്ഷിക്കപ്പെട്ട, നാമാവശേഷ, അവശീർണ്ണ, ഉച്ഛന്ന
- ruined, destroyed, in pieces
- അധഃപതിച്ച, ഉത്സന്ന, വിച്യുത, നശിച്ച, വീഴ്, വിശീർണ്ണ
Questions about in ruins
- What does in ruins mean?
- In ruins means of a building or structure, mostly destroyed.
- What is in ruins in Hindi?
- In ruins in Hindi is खंडहर (khaṇḍhar). See In ruins meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is in ruins?
- In ruins is a prepositional phrase.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: in ruins (page history and authors); खंडहर (Hindi) (page history and authors); کھنڈر (Urdu) (page history and authors); in ruins (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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