BEREAVE

bereave

Verb

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


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