🖤bereave

verb
/bɪˈriːv/

Meaning

to deprive someone of a loved one through death

Example Sentences

She was bereaved of her husband last year.

Example Expressions

bereaved family

Synonyms

deprive, lose, rob, dispossess

Antonyms

bless, endow, provide

Collocations

bereaved family, bereaved person, bereaved of, comfort the bereaved

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