| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | a destroyed or decayed building, town, etc. |
| 3. | a fallen, wrecked, or decayed condition: The building fell to ruin. |
| 4. | the downfall, decay, or destruction of anything. |
| 5. | the complete loss of health, means, position, hope, or the like. |
| 6. | something that causes a downfall or destruction; blight: Alcohol was his ruin. |
| 7. | the downfall of a person; undoing: the ruin of Oedipus. |
| 8. | a person as the wreck of his or her former self; ravaged individual. |
| 9. | the act of causing destruction or a downfall. |
| 10. | to reduce to ruin; devastate. |
| 11. | to bring (a person, company, etc.) to financial ruin; bankrupt. |
| 12. | to injure (a thing) irretrievably. |
| 13. | to induce (a woman) to surrender her virginity; deflower. |
| 14. | to fall into ruins; fall to pieces. |
| 15. | to come to ruin. |
