Synonyms for ruins
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1. ruinsnoun

   Synonyms:
   remains

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1. List of paraphrases for "ruins":

   ruin, tatters, rubble, rubbles, shambles, wrecks, debris, ashes

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1. Charles de LEUSSE:

   Find a scapegoat is wanting to destroy the ruins. (Trouver un bouc émissaire, - C'est vouloir les ruines détruire.)

2. Richard Burton:

   False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

3. Gabriel Zuchtriegel:

   If grass and other plants grow in or on the ancient walls and houses this is a problem. So we try to have a sustainable approach to the whole environment in order also to avoid using substances then to avoid growing plants, having plants growing on the walls and ruins.

4. Alfred Jarry:

   We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings.

5. Romanian Proverb:

   Abundance, like want, ruins many.