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bereave
/bɪˈɹiːv/
verb 5
Collocations
1VERB + BEREAVE
cannot
Definitions
verb
1
To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
Madam, you have bereft me of all words,
bereft of him who taught me how to sing
2
To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
All your interest in those territories / Is utterly bereft you; all is lost.
[…] shall move you to bereave my life.
3
To deprive of power; prevent.
4
To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
Death bereaved him of his wife.
The family has been recently bereaved.
5
To destroy life; cut off.
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Madam, you have bereft me of all words,
Wiktionary02
bereft of him who taught me how to sing
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All your interest in those territories / Is utterly bereft you; all is lost.
Wiktionary04
I cannot bereave him of this pleasure.
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