bereave

as in to deprive
to take something away from news of a death in the family bereaved them of the unmitigated joy that normally prevails at a wedding

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  • Effective budgeting and saving do not mean depriving yourself.
    True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The collateral damage caused by that saga has affected Newcastle’s early-season performances, depriving them of a senior centre-forward for the opening three games and generally generating toxicity.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Just days into his Senate campaign, James Talarico is making his Christian faith a centerpiece of what will be an uphill battle to strip one of Texas’s Senate seats out of the hands of Republicans.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Athletes are often defined by their times, medals, and records, but stripping back their impact to numbers can be reductive, particularly in Fraser-Pryce’s case.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Bereave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereave. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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