bereaving

verb

present participle of bereave
as in depriving
to take something away from news of a death in the family bereaved them of the unmitigated joy that normally prevails at a wedding

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  1. depriving
  2. stripping
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  • Curry is largely there for comic relief, swanning in with a bevy of beauties, challenging Bosley (Bill Murray) to a sumo match, and, sadly, getting murdered by the pool, thus depriving us of Curry’s magnetic presence for the rest of the film.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Tehran’s central bank governor, Abdolnasser Hemmati, has said the country is not currently exporting oil, depriving it of a critical source of foreign currency.
    — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of depriving
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  • All this reveals there is no one single process responsible for stripping planet-forming material from around infant stars.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • TikTok’s rules are moving toward preserving surprise commerce while stripping out the mechanics that most resemble gambling.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of stripping
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“Bereaving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereaving. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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