bereave

(bĭ-rēv')
tr.v., -reaved, or -reft (-rĕft'), -reav·ing, -reaves.

1. To leave desolate or alone, especially by death: "Cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved" (Alan Paton).
2. Archaic. To take (something valuable or necessary), typically by force.

[Middle English bireven, to deprive, from Old English berēafian.]

bereavement be·reave'ment n.
bereaver be·reav'er n.

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n

Definition: death; loss
Antonyms: birth

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - berøve, få til at miste

Nederlands (Dutch)
beroven, familielid etc. ontnemen (m.n. door dood)

Français (French)
v. tr. - endeuiller, déposséder de, ravir qch à qn

Deutsch (German)
v. - jemandem etwas nehmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (απο)στερώ, απορφανίζω

Italiano (Italian)
privare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - privar de

Русский (Russian)
отнять, лишить, оставить в одиночестве

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - privar, despojar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - beröva, frånta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
剥夺, 使失去

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 剝奪, 使失去

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 빼앗다, 을 잃다, 남기다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - から奪い去る, から奪う, 奪う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ثكل, أفجع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שלל, איבד, שיכל‬

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