RUINOUS
\ɹˈuːɪnəs], \ɹˈuːɪnəs], \ɹ_ˈuː_ɪ_n_ə_s]\
Definitions of RUINOUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
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Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
By Oddity Software
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Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
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Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
By Noah Webster.
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Ruinously.
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Fallen to ruins: decayed: pernicious.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Decayed; in ruins; destructive.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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