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Impoverish

To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.

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Bankrupt 76% connected

A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.

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Beggar 76% connected

One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Disestablish 76% connected

To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state.

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Pauperize 76% connected

To reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry.

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Reduce 76% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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Ruin 76% connected

The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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Smash 76% connected

To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

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Broader term 3

Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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Deprive 76% connected

To take away; to put an end; to destroy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Worsen 76% connected

To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

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Pauperization 74% connected

The act or process of reducing to pauperism.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pauperization 74% connected

The act or process of reducing to pauperism.

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Synonym 1

Deprive 92% connected

To take away; to put an end; to destroy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enrich 94% connected

To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge.

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Enrich 94% connected

To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge.

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