bereave
/bəˈriːv/
verb
- To take away a loved one through death, causing great sadness.
- The accident bereaved the family of their youngest child.
- She was bereaved of her husband after fifty years of marriage.
- War bereaves many parents of their sons and daughters.
- To deprive someone of something valuable or important, not necessarily through death.
- His illness bereaved him of the ability to walk.
- The new law bereaved citizens of their right to free assembly.
- The storm bereaved the village of its only source of clean water.