Thou who knoweth my destitution and starvation. Residents experienced mistreatment, destitution, and inhumanity. Some of us have committed suicide, unable to bear the poverty and destitution. They also destroyed crops and killed livestock, causing famine and destitution for the survivors. His early childhood was spent in destitution and poverty. By embracing education, he is able to rise out of despair and destitution. To deny food is to lead a family to destitution, malnutrition and even death. In his own words, destitution and insecurity transformed him into a poet. In absolute numbers, agricultural labourers faced the highest rates of destitution and mortality. The committee found severe destitution among the laboring classes. The British easily defeated the confused and demoralised Khalsa forces, then disbanded them into destitution. Having forced women into destitution, the government first criminalised those who begged. Some of the trumps are different such as the lowest trump, "Miseria" (destitution). People who live in cage homes are often victims of destitution. The kelp price crashed, and crofters struggled to avoid destitution.