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Adjective: impoverished  im'pó-vu-risht
  1. Poor enough to need help from others
    - destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken
     
  2. Destroyed financially
    "the impoverished fortunes of the family"
    - broken, wiped out
Verb: impoverish  im'pó-vu-rish
  1. Make poor
     
  2. Take away
    - deprive

See also: destroyed, impoverishment, poor

Type of: decline, deprive, worsen

Antonym: enrich

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