whakapouaru
1. (verb) (-tia) to cause to be a widow, cause to be a widower.
Mō reira hoatu ā rātou tamariki ki te hemokai, tukua atu ki te kaha o te hoari; whakapania ā rātou wāhine i te tamariki, whakapouarutia (PT Heremaia 18:21) / Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows.
2. (modifier) making a widow, making a widower.
Tēnā ko te riri, he mahi whakapouaru i te tangata te riri, he mahi whakapani i te tamariki (TWM 1/3/1867:3). / Now war, war is an activity that makes widows and widowers of people, and makes orphans of children.
3. (noun) making a widow, making a widower.
Ehara i te hanga te mahi e mahia mai nei - te whakamate i ngā tāngata o te ao nei, te whakapouaru i ngā wāhine, te whakapani i ngā tamariki (TWM 16/4/1864:1). / It's not something insignificant that is being done - the killing of people in the world, making women widows and orphaning children.
