What does reduce sb to mean?

v. To make someone feel very upset or weak.; To cause someone to become very poor.

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To make someone feel very upset or weak.

The constant bullying reduced him to a state of despair.

To cause someone to become very poor.

The recession reduced them to living on the streets.

To make someone feel very upset or weak.; To cause someone to become very poor.