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Meaning of ruinous

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ruinous
      adj 1: extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin;
             "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a
             ruinous course of action" [syn: {catastrophic},
             {ruinous}]
      2: causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden
         violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of the
         intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of
         the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a
         ruinous war" [syn: {blasting}, {ruinous}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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