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RUINOUS

Pronunciation (US):

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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:

Adjectives

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:

Adjectives

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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