Destructive Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is RUINOUS which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: RUINOUS

Updated: October 13, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood

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3	90%	9		Full of risks or hazards

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "RUINOUS" which means:

adjective satellite

• Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
• Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin

adjective

• Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous
• Extremely costly; so expensive as to cause financial ruin.
• Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.

An example sentence would be:

• "The earthquake caused ruinous damage to the city."
• "The company's decision to invest in that project turned out to be highly ruinous."

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Clue Last Found In...

Source	#Number	Answer
The Guardian Quick13 May 2021	Across 23
The Guardian Quick13 Apr 2018	Down 2
The Guardian Quick23 Jan 2010	Down 3
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