impoverish
//ɪmˈpɒv.ər.ɪʃ//
Verb
impoverishInfinitive
impoverishPresent tense
impoverishedPast tense
impoverishedPast participle
impoverishingPresent participle
impoverishesThird-person singular
1
To make someone or something poor; to reduce to poverty.
The long war impoverished the entire nation.
2
To deprive of strength, richness, or fertility; to exhaust the resources or vitality of something.
Years of intensive farming have impoverished the soil.