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ruinous
adjective as in disastrous, devastating
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Example Sentences
The verdict of the spreadsheet was clear: staying in Portugal would be financially ruinous.
Now Vladimir Putin, far from being defeated by a ruinous war on Ukraine, looks like dictating the terms of a peace deal there alongside Donald Trump.
The final ingredient, which elevated the winds and wildfires from risky to ruinous, was a low-pressure system spinning up over the Gulf of California.
Playing the back nine first, she dumped three balls into the water at the par-three 12th to rack up a ruinous 10 as she missed the cut.
Fire officials are used to battling large fires this time of year, but a ruinous combination of extreme conditions and challenging geography hampered early efforts.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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