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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:

    We don't build the ruins. Our soul is in hate. (On ne construit des ruines. - Notre âme est dans la haine.)

  2. Edgar Quinet:

    Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle.

  3. Sefi Porath:

    The settlement was completely burnt to the ground, and none of its inhabitants ever returned to reside there again, or to pick through the ruins in order to salvage valuable property.

  4. Dan Shea:

    With Trump in the whole way, I can not come up with a scenario where the Republicans can get through this, either he bails and he takes his supporters with him. Or he stays and ruins the brand.

  5. 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.


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