Words Like BEREAVE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to BEREAVE.

2 Alternative Words Similar to bereave

1 Divest Verb      Synonym Words Like Divest
2 Strip Verb      Synonym Words Like Strip

10 definitions of bereave

1 To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.
2 To take away from.
3 To take away.
4 deprive through death
5 To leave desolate or alone, especially by death: "Cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved” ( Alan Paton).
6 Archaic To take (something valuable or necessary), typically by force.
7 To deprive by or as if by violence; rob; strip: with of before the thing taken away.
8 [It is sometimes used without of, more especially in the passive, the subject of the verb being either the person deprived or the thing taken away.
9 To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
10 To deprive of power; prevent.
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