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лиша́ть — meaning in English

lishat

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English meaning

  • bereave verb To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
  • denude verb To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.
  • deprive verb To take something away from someone, or prevent them from having it.
  • dispatch verb To send something or someone off promptly for a specific purpose.
  • divest verb To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
  • rob verb To take property from a person or place unlawfully, often through force or threat.

Senses

лиша́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • bereave (transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
  • denude To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.
  • deprive (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
  • dispatch (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
  • divest (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
  • rob (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.

bereave — full definition

  1. verb To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
  2. verb To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
  3. verb To deprive of power; prevent.
  4. verb To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.

denude — full definition

  1. verb To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.
  2. verb To remove (something or someone) of their possessions or assets.
  3. verb To strip (a mountain, volcano, or other geological formation) by erosion of outer layers so as to lay bare the inner structure.

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