лиши́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• deprive verb To take something away from someone, or prevent them from having it.
• 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

лиши́ть is used for these senses in English:

• deprive (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
• 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.

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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