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Pauperize (Verb)

Meaning

Reduce to beggary.

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Examples

  • The economic downturn began to pauperize many families who were already living on the edge of poverty.
  • Years of addiction left him on the streets, a shadow of his former self, as the disease had pauperized him completely.
  • The prolonged illness had managed to pauperize the wealthy businessman who once lived in luxury.
  • In just a few short years, the company's financial mismanagement had pauperized its thousands of employees.
  • The excessive spending of the nation's resources pauperized the general population and led to widespread famine and despair.

Synonyms

  • Pauperise
  • Beggar

Hypernyms

  • Impoverish

Related Words

  • Pauper (noun)
  • Pauperization (noun)
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