berøve — meaning in English

English meaning

• bereave verb To take something away from someone forcibly.
• deprive verb To take something away from someone, or prevent them from having it.
• rob verb To take property from a person or place unlawfully, often through force or threat.

Senses

berøve is used for these senses in English:

• bereave (transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
• deprive (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
• rob (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.

bereave — full definition

1. verb To take something away from someone forcibly.
2. verb To remove something by ruining or damaging it, or by force.
3. verb To stop someone from having power, or to prevent something.
4. verb To take from someone a person or thing that matters greatly to them.

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