All impoverish synonyms
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I i verb impoverish
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- deplete — To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
- bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
- deprive — If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
- diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- weaken — to make weak or weaker.
- drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- exhaust — Drain (someone) of their physical or mental resources; tire out.
noun impoverish
- clean out — If you clean out something such as a cupboard, room, or container, you take everything out of it and clean the inside of it thoroughly.
- dilapidate — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- use up — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- wrecker — a person or thing that wrecks.
- ruination — the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.