Punitive and Ruinous

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Punitive adjective - Inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment.

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Ruinous and punitive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ruinous" instead an adjective "Punitive".

Nearby Words: punish, punishment

Ruinous adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.

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Punitive and ruinous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Punitive" instead an adjective "Ruinous".

Nearby Words: ruin, ruined, ruination, ruining, ruinously

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