as in depriving
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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Second, the Iranian government would be depriving itself of a key source of revenue.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Too little oxygen, and phosphorus bonds with iron and is dragged into the core, depriving the surface of a key ingredient for DNA, cell membranes and energy transfer.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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By focusing on arbitrary numbers rather than specific pathogens, the state forces legal growers to treat safe flower, stripping it of quality.—
Rino Ferrarese,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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This movement culminated in the passing of restrictive immigration laws targeted at West Indians and stripping second-generation West Indians of their citizenship.—
Brendan Frizzell,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Bereaving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereaving. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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