to deprive

Examples

• All

• Already brittle marine fisheries collapse under the additional pressure, depriving a billion people of their primary source of protein.

  Academic text (1999)

• I'd hate to see your kids deprived of a role model.

  Darkman (1990)

• And since you deprive me of my escort, I demand a horse as well.

  EverAfter (1998)

• Can owning things deprive you of the joy of sharing them?

• They cost us money, deprive us of opportunities.

• Even the most oppressive society cannot completely deprive people of their freedom.

  Academic text (1999)

• You can't block a critical trade corridor and deprive people of their jobs.

  Megyn Kelly

• Private currency is sometimes criticized because it deprives the government of a desirable source of revenue.

  Academic text (1991)

• The parties dispute, however, the question of whether the NAACP has been deprived of any rights.

  Academic text (2008)

• When a person with diabetes is deprived of insulin, that individual gets sick and dies.

Synonyms

D

to deny

vsto deprive

423 1.6

To refuse to let someone have something

prevents having or removes something important or necessary

S

to strip

vsto deprive

• Formal

48 5.1

Take away someone's possessions, rights, or honours

removes or prevents access to important things without emphasizing force

D

to dispossess

vsto deprive

11 8.4

To take away someone's land or home so they no longer own it

takes away necessary things in general, not only property

D

to divest

vsto deprive

• Formal

4 7.2

Take away power, rights, or property from someone by official order

removes important or necessary items but may be broader than authority

Antonyms

P

to provide

∞ 1.5

To give something people need or want

How Depriving

to strip

• Formal

48 5.1

to deprive

198 3.2

to withhold

210 5.1

to limit

∞ 2.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology