• ruin a nest – разорять гнездо
Careful examination of the ruins revealed an even earlier temple. (Oxford Learner's Dictionaries)
Amid the scorched ruins, we follow Ruth’s struggle for survival (her parents die soon after the blast while Jimmy is never seen again) in a post-apocalyptic world ridden by famine and disease. (BBC Culture)
It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place. (Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary)
Archaeologists have shed new light on the destruction of Pompeii after finding two human skeletons crushed beneath the ruins of a fallen building. (Newsweek)
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