Local English word record

ruinous

adjective · 2 senses

causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin

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Examples

  • 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

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Synonyms

blasting

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