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- pronunciation:
- ihm
pa
v
rihsh
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ihm
pav
rihsh
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
impoverishes, impoverishing, impoverished |
| definition 1: |
to make poor; cause to live in poverty.
The drought impoverished the agricultural population.Their father's loss of work impoverished the family.- antonyms:
- enrich
- similar words:
- beggar, bust
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| definition 2: |
to exhaust the natural richness or strength of.
Repeated planting of the same crop impoverished the soil.- antonyms:
- enrich
- similar words:
- exhaust
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| related words: |
break, deplete, enervate, reduce |
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| derivations: |
impoverished (adj.), impoverishment (n.) |
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