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View usage for: phraseIf something is in ruins, it is completely spoiled. Its heavily-subsidized economy is in ruins. This country was once proud of its education system. Now it seems to be in ruins. See full dictionary entry for ruinphraseIf a building or place is in ruins, most of it has been destroyed and only parts of it remain. The abbey was in ruins. The city lay in ruins. Synonyms: derelict, ruined, broken down, falling apart More Synonyms of in ruins See full dictionary entry for ruinin ruins in British Englisha. if something is in ruins, it is completely spoiled Its heavily-subsidized economy is in ruins. The education system seems to be in ruins. b. if a building or place is in ruins, most of it has been destroyed and only parts of it remain The abbey was in ruins. Within Germany, the city of Berlin lay in ruins. Examples of 'in ruins' in a sentencein ruins The economy is in ruins. Synonyms ruined destroyed at an end dead in the water (informal) The building was in ruins. Synonyms broken down falling apart falling to pieces Additional synonymsDefinition (of a building) having fallen into ruin She lived in a dilapidated old cottage. Synonyms ruined, fallen in, broken-down, battered, neglected, crumbling, rundown, decayed, decaying, falling apart, beat-up (informal), shaky, shabby, worn-out, ramshackle, in ruins, rickety, decrepit, tumbledown, uncared for, gone to rack and ruin `This business is finished,' he said sadly. Synonyms ruined, done for (informal), doomed, bankrupt, through, lost, gone, defeated, devastated, wrecked, wiped out, undone, washed up (informal), wound up, liquidated, dead in the water (informal) The bowl was lying in pieces on the floor. Synonyms smashed, broken, shattered, damaged, ruined, bust (informal), disintegrated, in bits, in smithereens - in relation to
- in reserve
- in respect of or with respect to
- in ruins
- in search of
- in season
- in secret
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