D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Impoverishment

/ĭmˌ-päv'-rĭsh-mənt/ · Im·pov·er·ish·ment · IPA /ˌɪmpˈɑvrɪʃmənt/
01 n. The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty.
  1. 1.
    The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty.