Impoverish
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transitive verb.
To reduce to poverty; make poor.
transitive verb.
To deprive of richness or strength.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence.
To make poor in quality or character; reduce in vigor, capacity, productiveness, etc.; cause to deteriorate.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence.
transitive verb.
To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
Make
poor
.
verb.
Weaken
in quality;
deprive
of some strength or richness.
verb.
Become poor.
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verb.
take away
verb.
make poor
Word Usage
"Current global economic turmoil is unlikely to "impoverish" South"