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RUINOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
Example:
a ruinous war
Synonyms:
blasting; ruinous
Classified under:
Similar:
destructive (causing destruction or much damage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
Example:
a ruinous course of action
Synonyms:
catastrophic; ruinous
Classified under:
Similar:
harmful (causing or capable of causing harm)
Derivation:
ruin (an event that results in destruction)
ruin (an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction)
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