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deprive

verb as in keep or take away something wanted, needed

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Losing votes could also lop 10p off every £1 of income tax, depriving the Welsh government of crucial funds.

From BBC

Speaking to BBC West, Mr McNeillie warned persistent absence deprives children not just of a good education but of the opportunity to build social skills.

From BBC

Messi and his team choked and MLS was deprived of its dream final.

Today it is one of the most deprived in England with a housing shortage so severe the council was told last year it might go bankrupt.

From BBC

She writes that those who are deprived of essential relationships become depleted if they focus too much on what they don’t have in their lives.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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