How many syllables in ruins?

There is 1 syllable in the word ruins.

How to pronounce ruins:

bankrupts

break

breaks

bring down

bring to nothing

bring to ruin

busts

crush

defeat

demolish

destroy

devastate

impoverishes

jeff

kennet

lay in ruins

lay waste

overthrow

overturn

overwhelm

raze

reduces

shatter

smash

total

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building

construction

creation

erection

preservation

raising

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