ASHES

[plural] [noun]Ashes are what is left of something after it has been destroyed by fire, esp. what is left of a human body after it has been cremated.My grandmother's ashes were scattered over the Yorkshire Moors where she had spent the last few years of her life.Allied bombing left Dresden in ashes in 1945.(figurative) In 1991, independent democratic states rose from the ashes of the former Soviet Union.