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
Elijah	i-LIE-jə (English), i-LIE-zhə (English)	English, Hebrew, Biblical
Aleksandru	-	Medieval Slavic
Joiner	['dʒɔinə]
Jurou	joo:-ṙo:	Japanese
Yvonne	ee-VON (French), i-VAWN (English), ee-VAWN (German)	French, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Paavali	PAH:-vah-lee	Finnish