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bereaving

verb

present participle of bereave

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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The torture, in part, included depriving Gabriel of food, beating him, forcing him to eat cat feces and locking him alone in a cabinet with a sock shoved inside his mouth.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
The risk of transmission also limits contact with the patients even after death, depriving families of closure and the opportunity to observe their preferred burial rites.

— Constant Same Bagalwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

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