| deprive | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. deprive, divest, strip | take away possessions from someone.; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" |
| ~ unarm, disarm | take away the weapons from; render harmless. |
| ~ expropriate | deprive of possessions.; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners" |
| ~ clean | deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc..; "The other players cleaned him completely" |
| ~ take | take into one's possession.; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
| ~ dispossess | deprive of the possession of real estate. |
| ~ clean out | deprive completely of money or goods.; "The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours" |
| ~ unclothe | strip.; "unclothe your heart of envy" |
| ~ unsex | deprive of sex or sexual powers. |
| ~ orphan | deprive of parents. |
| ~ bereave | deprive through death. |
| v. (possession) | 2. deprive | keep from having, keeping, or obtaining. |
| ~ ablactate, wean | gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk.; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle" |
| ~ famish, starve | deprive of food.; "They starved the prisoners" |
| ~ starve | deprive of a necessity and cause suffering.; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel" |
| ~ withhold, keep back | hold back; refuse to hand over or share.; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room" |
| ~ tongue-tie | deprive of speech.; "When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied" |
| ~ dock | deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty. |
| ~ bilk | evade payment to.; "He bilked his creditors" |
| ~ disinherit, disown | prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting. |
| ~ impoverish | make poor. |
| ~ disenfranchise, disfranchise | deprive of voting rights. |
| v. (change) | 3. deprive, impoverish | take away. |
| ~ disestablish | deprive (an established church) of its status. |
| ~ decline, worsen | grow worse.; "Conditions in the slum worsened" |
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