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tuhoisa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • baneful adj Poisonous, deadly.
  • calamitous adj Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
  • destructive adjective Causing or tending to cause serious damage.
  • disastrous adj Causing great damage or harm; having the nature of a disaster.
  • fatal adj Causing death.
  • pernicious adj Causing harm gradually or in a way that is not immediately obvious.
  • vicious adj Deliberately cruel, violent, or savage.

Senses

tuhoisa is used for these senses in English:

  • baneful Harmful, injurious.
  • calamitous Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
  • destructive Causing destruction; damaging.
  • disastrous Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
  • fatal Causing death or destruction.
  • pernicious Causing much harm in a subtle way.
  • vicious Violent, destructive and cruel.

baneful — full definition

  1. adj Poisonous, deadly.
  2. adj Harmful, injurious.

calamitous — full definition

  1. adj Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
  2. adj Of a person: involved in a calamity; hence, distressed, miserable.

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