"in ruins" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in ruins, {{en-PP}} in ruins
  1. (literally) Of a building or structure, mostly destroyed. Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-in_ruins-en-prep_phrase-sOTb1fuy
  2. (figuratively) Of a person, attribute, relationship, etc., totally damaged or spoiled. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-in_ruins-en-prep_phrase-LB7XyBgG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
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