BEREAVE
bereave
Verb
- To deprive by or as if by violence; rob; strip.
- To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
- To deprive of power; prevent.
- To take away someone or something important or close; deprive.
- Death bereaved him of his wife.
- The castaways were bereft of hope.
- To destroy life; cut off.
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