DEPRIVING Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

depriving

verb

present participle of deprive

as in stripping

to take something away from working those long hours was depriving him of his sleep

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as in deposing

to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) a prince who had been deprived after those who opposed the monarchy came to power

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Recent Examples of depriving All of which is to say that the Odyssey, in depriving Nolan of opportunities for his ingenuity as a screenwriter, has also pushed him toward greater filmmaking risks. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 Some employees also owe their employers a deeper fiduciary duty, which one court has described as the duty to protect the employer’s interests and to avoid injuring the employer or depriving the employer of the employee’s skills. — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2026 Extreme heat is already a headache for many data centers, raising the chances electricity will go away, depriving customers of their sweet, sweet AI. — Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 24 June 2026 Haitian soldiers seasoned on American battlefields during the revolution later sparked Haiti’s overthrow of French colonial rule, depriving France of its most profitable slave colony and ending one of the most brutal enslavement of human beings in modern world history. — Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026 Voting in favor of suspension can mean depriving a council member’s constituents of representation. — Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026 Spider mites, mealybugs, aphids, and scale can drain the plant's sap, depriving the plant of necessary nutrients. — Lauren David, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 The parents are accused of depriving the child of bathroom access, light, food and water while they were confined. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 These are fast disappearing, however, as humans drain them for development, dredge canals in them for the oil and gas industry and construct river levees, depriving them of the sediments that stop them being submerged. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 May 2026

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Bonnie, a 500-gallon stripping still, handles the first distillation.

— Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
American aims soon focused on stripping Iran of its military capabilities and opening the strait.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026

Definition of stripping

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Hamad himself seized control after deposing his father, Sheikh Khalifa, in a bloodless palace coup in 1995.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Conspicuously absent in the edit is the follow-up question from the attorney deposing Cavanaugh, who asked whether DOGE actually managed to reduce the deficit.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

Definition of deposing

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Sunday’s final will be his sixth World Cup match in total and first since dismissing Ecuador’s Piero Hincapie for covering his mouth while confronting Mexico’s Santiago Gimenez in the round of 32.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 20 July 2026
In response, eBay's board wasted little time in dismissing the proposal.

— Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of dismissing

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Ulysses expresses sorrowful regret for having disobeyed Zeus’ Law – essentially the Golden Rule – in sacking Troy.

— Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026
To an outsider, the scene may spark a certain Schadenfreude, like an army of tiny barbarians sacking Rome.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026