 deprive |
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| 1. | [ verb ] keep from having, keeping, or obtaining | |
| Related terms: | withhold wean disenfranchise disinherit starve impoverish tongue-tie tonguetie dock bilk starve privation | |
| 2. | [ verb ] take away possessions from someone | |
| Synonyms: | strip divest dispossess | |
| Examples: | "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" |
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| Related terms: | take disarm clean expropriate unclothe unsex orphan bereave dispossess clean_out divestiture | |
| 3. | [ verb ] take away | |
| Synonyms: | impoverish | |
| Related terms: | enrich worsen disestablish pauperization | |
| Similar spelling: |
deprived deprave depraved debrief depravity |
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