deprive of

phrasal verb

deprived of; depriving of; deprives of

: to take (something) away from (someone or something) : to not allow (someone or something) to have or keep (something)

The change in her status deprived her of access to classified information.

The new environmental law will deprive some fishermen of their livelihood.

They're depriving him of a chance to succeed.

—often used as (be) deprived of

The children are being deprived of a good education.

The study is examining what happens to people when they are deprived of sleep.

Examples of deprive of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While millions are excited about the latest efficiency gains from AI-assets, billions are deprived of clean water, nutritious food and basic social services like education and health care. —Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Salmon and other fish populations, deprived of hundreds of miles of quiet pools to lay their eggs and for the juvenile fish to survive and thrive, shrank by about 95%, which led the federal government to enact protections for some salmon populations. —Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025

For example, young adults deprived of sleep for 21 hours performed better on tests of memory when taking 25 grams of creatine. —Matt Fuchs, Time, 2 Sep. 2025

You’re deprived of human society and civilization. —Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for deprive of

• hereinabove
• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove