ruinous

  • 21ruinous — adjective causing ruin; destructive, calamitous …

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  • 22ruinous — Synonyms and related words: ablative, annihilative, ausgespielt, baleful, baneful, bankrupt, battered, beat up, beaten up, bedraggled, biodegradable, black, blasted, blighted, blowzy, broken, broken down, calamitous, careless, cataclysmal,… …

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  • 23ruinous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dilapidated, rundown; disastrous, calamitous, desolating, tragic. See deterioration, pain, adversity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Destructive] Syn. pernicious, calamitous, disastrous; see destructive …

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  • 24ruinous — ru·in·ous || ruːɪnÉ™s adj. destroyed, dilapidated; disastrous, causing ruin, causing destruction …

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  • 25ruinous — adjective 1》 disastrous or destructive. 2》 in ruins; dilapidated. Derivatives ruinously adverb ruinousness noun …

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  • 26ruinous — a. 1. Decayed, dilapidated, demolished. 2. Destructive, pernicious, baneful, noxious, noisome, calamitous, wasteful, mischievous …

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  • 27ruinous — ru·in·ous …

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  • 28No Ruinous Feud — Studio album by The Incredible String Band Released April 1973 Recorded January …

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  • 29ruinously — ruinous ru‧in‧ous [ˈruːnəs] adjective 1. causing great damage to something: • a ruinous civil war 2. FINANCE costing a lot more than you can afford: • the prospect of ruinous legal costs ruinously adve …

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  • 30Ruinously — Ruinous Ru in*ous, a. [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See {Ruin}.] 1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project. [1913 Webster] After a night of storm so ruinous. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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