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Deprive

To take away; to put an end; to destroy.

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Manner of action 22

Bereave 76% connected

To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.

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Bilk 76% connected

To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a credito…

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Clean 76% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Disarm 76% connected

To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

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Disenfranchise 76% connected

To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen.

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Disestablish 76% connected

To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state.

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Disfranchise 76% connected

To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, e…

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Disinherit 76% connected

To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by…

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Disown 76% connected

To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly diso…

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Dispossess 76% connected

To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by o…

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Dock 76% connected

A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

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Expropriate 76% connected

To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.

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Famish 76% connected

To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.

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Impoverish 76% connected

To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.

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Orphan 76% connected

A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.

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Starve 76% connected

To die; to perish.

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Tongue-tie 76% connected

Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums.

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Unarm 76% connected

To disarm.

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Unclothe 76% connected

To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.

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Unsex 76% connected

To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, to unsex a woman.

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Wean 76% connected

To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to…

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Broader term 4

Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Withhold 76% connected

To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.

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Worsen 76% connected

To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

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Derivationally related 2

Privation 74% connected

The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.

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Privation 74% connected

The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.

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Synonym 3

Divest 92% connected

To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.

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Impoverish 92% connected

To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Strip 92% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Enrich 94% connected

To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge.

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Enrich 94% connected

To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge.

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