impoverishing
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English
Definitions
verb
- To make poor.
- To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.“That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil.”
- To become poor.
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Synonyms
depleteruindeprivedepletingimmiserationpovertypoornessdeprivationdeprivationsdestitutionpenurydemoralizingprivationsdestituteimpecuniousnessdemoralisingprivationdepriving