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Bereave

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depriveverb(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
benimnoun(transitive, obsolete) To take away; rob; deprive; ravish
reavenoun(archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
spoilnoun(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
bedealverb(transitive, obsolete) To deprive (of).
despoilverb(transitive) To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
redepriveverb(transitive) To deprive again.
divestverb(transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
denyverb(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
dispatchnounA message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
batenounStrife; contention.
abridgeverb(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
defraudverb(transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
bestripverb(transitive, archaic) To strip away, remove; strip, undress; deprive.
devest(law, transitive) To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
denudeverbTo divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.
deprivilegenoun(transitive) To strip of privilege.
abatenoun(uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.
reapverb(transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
stripnoun(countable) A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.

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