Dire Game Across Atlantic Involving Ball 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 Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: RUINOUS

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Rank		Letters	Answer	Clue
1	99%	7		Exact Match!
2	35%	9		Object of the game is to score points by caroming the cue ball off both the object ball and the opponent's cue ball
3	30%	12		A game played on a court, involving hitting a ball against a wall with a small rubber ball

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	Source
1	A game played on a court, involving hitting a ball against a wall with a small rubber ball
2	Ball game, named after the Spanish for "ball" Telegraph Cross Atlantic - 08 Mar 2024	Telegraph Cross Atlantic / 08 Mar 2024
3	Event, initially unprofitable ball, involving outfit with unknown song The Guardian Everyman - 02 Sep 2018	The Guardian Everyman / 02 Sep 2018
4	From the Balti for “ball”, a fast-paced “sport of kings” involving chukkas, divots, “hired assassins” and mallets Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 12 Aug 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 12 Aug 2023
5	Game or sport involving ball and detailed communication The Guardian Cryptic - 01 Oct 2015	The Guardian Cryptic / 01 Oct 2015
6	Giant mistake in game, finishing touches from defender dire Telegraph Cryptic - 07 Jun 2023	Telegraph Cryptic / 07 Jun 2023
7	Object of the game is to score points by caroming the cue ball off both the object ball and the opponent's cue ball

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