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in ruins
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in
ruins
(
of a building
)
mostly
destroyed
(
figurative
)
totally
spoiled
After being found guilty of animal abuse, her reputation was
in ruins
.
His finances were
in ruins
after spending all his inheritance on cars and drugs.
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