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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asker |
| Synonyms: | beggar, beseecher, petitioner, seeker, solicitor, suitor |
| Main Entry: | down-and-outer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | poor person |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bum, derelict, down-and-out, have-not, indigent, pauper, tramp, vagabond, vagrant |
| Main Entry: | have-not |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pauper |
| Synonyms: | almsperson, bankrupt, beggar, bum, dependent, destitute, down-and-out, down-and-outer, homeless person, in the gutter, indigent, insolvent, lazarus, mendicant, poor person, supplicant |
| Main Entry: | pauperize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beggar, botch, break*, bring down, bring to ruin, bust, clean out, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, defile, demolish, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devour, dilapidate, disfigure, do in, drain, exhaust, fleece, impoverish, injure, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, spoilate, total*, use up, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ruination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruin |
| Synonyms: | bane, bankrupt, beggar, botch, break*, bring down, bring to ruin, bust, clean out, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, defile, demolish, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, destroyer, destruction, devour, dilapidate, disfigure, do in, downfall, drain, exhaust, fleece, impoverish, injure, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pauperize, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, spoilate, total*, undoing, use up, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreck, wrecker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | supplicant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humble person |
| Synonyms: | beggar, petitioner, suppliant |
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