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"Serious politicians cannot fail to understand the ruinousness of this plan," Lavrov said of potential air strikes in a meeting with students in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2013

The ruinousness of Kûm can scarcely be exaggerated.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

The numerous tokens of art and care in the past made the present ruinousness and desolation more pathetic.

From The Friendships of Women by Alger, William Rounseville

It is true that the ruinousness of war under modern conditions is apparent to all.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir