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What (who) is Impoverish - definition
Impoverish
·vt To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.
II. Impoverish ·vt To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.
impoverish
(impoverishes, impoverishing, impoverished)
1.
Something that impoverishes a person or a country makes them poor.
We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy.
...a society impoverished by wartime inflation.
VERB: V n, V-ed
• impoverished
...an attempt to lure businesses into impoverished areas.
ADJ
2.
A person or thing that impoverishes something makes it worse in quality.
...plants that impoverish the soil quickly.
VERB: V n
impoverish
v. a.
1.
Make poor, bring to want, reduce to poverty, reduce to indigence.
2.
Exhaust the fertility of, make sterile, render barren or unfertile.
Examples of use of Impoverish
1. We know that climate change will impoverish many people.
2. That would impoverish the system and cheat the most able.
3. If passed, the excise tax changes will "impoverish" Russians, he said.
4. The boats are often organised by gangs whose high fees impoverish many of the families they transport.
5. In the absence of co–operation, we have the capacity to impoverish ourselves, if not destroy ourselves altogether.