Words Like BEREAVE
We have put together a list of words that are similar to BEREAVE.
2 Alternative Words Similar to bereave
10 definitions of bereave
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To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.
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To leave desolate or alone, especially by death: "Cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved” ( Alan Paton).
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Archaic To take (something valuable or necessary), typically by force.
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To deprive by or as if by violence; rob; strip: with of before the thing taken away.
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[It is sometimes used without of, more especially in the passive, the subject of the verb being either the person deprived or the thing taken away.
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To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
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To deprive of power; prevent.