bereave

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

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.

To deprive of power; prevent.

To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.

Death bereaved him of his wife.

The family has been recently bereaved.

To destroy life; cut off.