ruins

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In the mean time, the Jews had gathered in great numbers around the "Campo dell' Augusta," as the ruins were then called.

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  1. noun Total destruction or disintegration, either physical, moral, social, or economic.
  2. noun A cause of total destruction.
  3. noun The act of destroying totally.
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  • The lover among the ruins is awaiting his mistress; the rapturous expectancy of another waiting lover is sung in In Three Days . —  Robert Browning
  • The sight of the ruins is as nothing in comparison with the great Parisian inanity. —  The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
  • The giant archaeological park that engulfs the ruins is a giant stretch of true jungle. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Guatemala, of course, was the birthplace and the heart of the Maya civilization and the region with the largest remaining ruins from the Maya cities and towns. —  AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com
  • The kid from the ruins will be there and if you speak to him after capturing all the Unowns, you get a Seals.
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