bereave

[US]/bɪˈriːv/
[UK]/bɪˈriːv/

Translation

vt.deprive of something; vt. leave in a state of loneliness.
Word Forms
Past Participlebereaved
Past Tensebereaved
Third Person Singularbereaves
Present Participlebereaving

Phrases & Collocations

deeply bereaved

bereaved family

Example Sentences

the affliction of a bereaved family;

He was bereaved of his wife last year.

The bereaved has entered the church. The bereaved were comforted by their friends.

a bereaved person needs time to work through their sorrow.

We extended our condolences to the bereaved family.

The recent outbreak of hepatitis bereaved the happy family of three members.

Illness bereaved her of her husband.

7.Outside the sword will bereave, And inside terror Both young man and virgin, The nursling with the man of gray hair.

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