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pauperize

/ˈpɔːpəraɪz/verb

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कंगाल बना देना, निर्धन कर देना

Advanced word

verbpauperizes, pauperized, pauperizing
  1. 1

    [T] ~ sb formal

    to make someone very poor

    कंगाल बना देना, निर्धन कर देना

    • Heavy taxes pauperized the small farmers.
    • The long illness pauperized the whole family.

    Synonyms impoverish ruin

    Opposite enrich

◇Word family
pauper nounpauperism noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

impoverish ruin

Antonyms

enrich

§Grammar and usage

The British spelling is usually pauperise.

इसकी British spelling प्रायः pauperise होती है।