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pove
rish
Third Person
impoverishes
Present Participle
impoverishing
Past Tense
impoverished
Past Participle
impoverished
2
to take away a person or a country's riches to the point of poverty
- The economic crisis began to impoverish many families in the region.
- Poor policies can impoverish a country by draining its resources.
- Corruption in the government can impoverish a country’s citizens.
- The prolonged war was impoverishing the country.
- By the time the reforms were introduced, the region had already been impoverished.
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