impoverish

About 0.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make poor.
2. verb To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.

   That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil.

3. verb To become poor.

Similar words

deprive weaken deplete impoor poor empoverish pauperize impurify depauperize immiserate

Often followed by

the and them our it a themselves his their us

Word family

impoverished impoverisher impoverishers impoverishes impoverishing impoverishment impoverishments