What does ruinous mean in crosswords?

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

Which crossword clues can have ruinous as the answer?

Possible clues for ruinous include "Destructive".

ruinous is also used as a crossword clue. The answer is often catastrophic, 12 letters.

Word entry · 7 letters

Best crossword clue

"Destructive"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹuː.ɪnəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted inorsuuStarts with REnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word

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"ruinous" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often catastrophic (12 letters).

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

From Middle English ruynous, from Old French ruinos, ruineus, from Latin ruīnōsus. By surface analysis, ruin + -ous.

“They were forced to completely replace the roof at ruinous expense.”
“We are rapidly reversing the economic calamity we inherited from the previous administration, including ruinous price increases and record-setting inflation, inflation like we've never had before.”

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01“Destructive”7 letters

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