They are trying to impoverish people.
Source: tatoeba (12093969)
Impoverish
//ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃ//
Synonyms for "impoverish" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (33)
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More general
3 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَفْقَر verb (to make poor)
Bulgarian
4 entries- обеднея verb (to become poor)
- обедня verb (to make poor)
- обеднявам verb (to make poor)
- обеднявам verb (to become poor)
Catalan
1 entries- empobrir verb (to make poor)
Dutch
4 entries- verarmen verb (to make poor)
- verarmen verb (to deprive of some strength or richness)
- verarmen verb (to become poor)
- verzwakken verb (to deprive of some strength or richness)
Finnish
3 entries- köyhdyttää verb (to make poor)
- köyhdyttää verb (to deprive of some strength or richness)
- köyhtyä verb (to become poor)
French
2 entries- appauvrir verb (to make poor)
- s'appauvrir verb (to become poor)
German
3 entries- arm machen verb (to make poor)
- verarmen verb (to make poor)
- verarmen verb (to become poor)
Greek
1 entries- φτωχαίνω verb (to become poor)
Hungarian
1 entries- elszegényedik verb (to become poor)
Ido
1 entries- povreskar verb (to become poor)
Interlingua
2 entries- impovrir verb (to make poor)
- impovrir verb (to deprive of some strength or richness)
Italian
4 entries- immiserire verb (to make poor)
- immiserirsi verb (to become poor)
- impoverire verb (to make poor)
- impoverirsi verb (to become poor)
Japanese
1 entries- 貧しくする verb (to make poor)
Korean
3 entries- 가난하게 하다 verb (to make poor)
- 가난해지다 verb (to become poor)
- 약화시키다 verb (to deprive of some strength or richness)
Latin
1 entries- pauperō verb (to make poor)
Latvian
2 entries- nabadzināt verb (to make poor)
- nabadzināt verb (to deprive of some strength or richness)
Mon
1 entries- ဝါတ် verb (to become poor)
Māori
1 entries- whakapōhara verb (to make poor)
Norman
1 entries- dêgraîssi verb (to deprive of some strength or richness)
Norwegian
1 entries- utarme verb (to make poor)
Polish
4 entries- biednieć verb (to become poor)
- zbiednieć verb (to become poor)
- zubażać verb (to make poor)
- zubażać verb (to deprive of some strength or richness)
Portuguese
2 entries- empobrecer verb (to make poor)
- empobrecer verb (to become poor)
Romanian
2 entries- pauperiza verb (to make poor)
- sărăci verb (to make poor)
Russian
3 entries- беднеть verb (to become poor)
- нищать verb (to become poor)
- обеднять verb (to make poor)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- osiromašiti verb (to make poor)
Spanish
2 entries- depauperar verb (to make poor)
- empobrecer verb (to make poor)
Turkish
4 entries- fakirleştirmek verb (to make poor)
- güçsüzleştirmek verb (to make poor)
- verimsizleştirmek verb (to make poor)
- yoksullaşmak verb (to become poor)
Ukrainian
4 entries- збі́днювати verb (to make poor)
- збі́днювати verb (to deprive of some strength or richness)
- збідни́ти verb (to make poor)
- збідни́ти verb (to deprive of some strength or richness)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
They want to impoverish us.
Source: tatoeba (12684455)
That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil.
Source: 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.
Source: wiktionary
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