verb
- Make poor.
- synonyms: impoverish
- Take away.
- synonyms: deprive, impoverish
adjective
- Poor enough to need help from others.
- synonyms: destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken
- Destroyed financially.
- usage: "the broken fortunes of the family"
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