ruinous
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(s) extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
- a catastrophic depression
- catastrophic illness
- a ruinous course of action
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(s) 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