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ruinous
01
causing severe damage, often leading to complete loss or collapse
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
qualitative
Superlative
most ruinous
Comparative
more ruinous
gradable
Examples
The ruinous floodwaters swept away entire villages, leaving devastation in their wake.
02
causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
Lexical Tree
ruinously
ruinous
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