impoverish

/ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃ/

verb 3

Collocations

ADJ.

religious, trying

VERB + IMPOVERISH

doesn't, want

IMPOVERISH + NOUN

ourselves, people

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 many of us, organized religion is obnoxious. Yet if we throw out the sense of peace, order and joy that flows from religious ritual, we impoverish ourselves.

To become poor.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — take away

deprive

Antonyms

enrich

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil.

Wiktionary

To many of us, organized religion is obnoxious. Yet if we throw out the sense of peace, order and joy that flows from religious ritual, we impoverish ourselves.

Wiktionary

They are trying to impoverish people.

Tatoeba · #12093969

They want to impoverish us.

Tatoeba · #12684455

Knowledge is a fortune that doesn't impoverish the one who offers it.

Tatoeba · #13862294

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