impoverish
transitive verb
- to make poor; reduce to poverty
- to deprive of strength, resources, etc.
See impoverish in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĭm-pŏvˈər-ĭsh, -pŏvˈrĭsh)
transitive verb im·pov·er·ished,
im·pov·er·ish·ing,
im·pov·er·ish·es - To reduce to poverty; make poor.
- To deprive of natural richness or strength: impoverish the soil by overuse. See Synonyms at deplete.
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