in ruins

*in ruins

in a state of destruction. (*Typically: be ~; lay ~; leave something ~.) The enemy army left the cities they attacked in ruins. The crops laid in ruins after the flood.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adele	AH-de-lə (German), ə-DEL (English), AH-de-le (Finnish)	German, English, Italian, Finnish
Hayley	['heili]
Swaran	-	Punjabi
Yuudai	yoo:-dah-ee	Japanese
AndrÉIa	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Leontiy	-	Russian