Hyphenation of ruins

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ruins? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ru-ins

Definitions of ruins:

1.	An irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction You have brought ruin on this entire family
2.	A ruined building They explored several Roman ruins
3.	The process of becoming dilapidated
4.	An event that results in destruction
5.	Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
6.	Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
7.	Destroy completely Damage irreparably You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank! The tears ruined her make-up
8.	Destroy or cause to fail This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election
9.	Reduce to bankruptcy My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me! The slump in the financial markets smashed him
10.	Reduce to ruins The country lay ruined after the war
11.	Deprive of virginity This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village
12.	Fall into ruin

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.