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be⋅reave
[bi-reev] 
–verb (used with object), -reaved or -reft, -reav⋅ing.
| 1. | to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death (usually fol. by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother. |
| 2. | to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually fol. by of): The war bereaved them of their home. |
| 3. | Obsolete. to take away by violence. |
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| be·reave (bĭ-rēv') tr.v. be·reaved or be·reft (-rěft'), be·reav·ing, be·reaves
[Middle English bireven, to deprive, from Old English berēafian; see reup- in Indo-European roots.] be·reave'ment n., be·reav'er n. |
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Bereavement
Be*reave"ment\, n. The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death.
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Language Translation for : bereavement
Spanish:
pérdida,
German:
der Verlust,
Japanese:
死別
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