奪う — meaning in English

English meaning

• divest verb To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
• intercept verb To stop or catch something before it reaches its destination.
• rob verb To take property from a person or place unlawfully, often through force or threat.
• snatch verb To grab something suddenly and quickly.

Senses

奪う is used for these senses in English:

• divest (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
• rob (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
• rob (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.

divest — full definition

1. verb To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
2. verb To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.

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