deprive
Example Sentences
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“Forcing us to leave would deprive hundreds of thousands of people of essential medical care, with devastating consequences amid already overwhelming needs and catastrophic shortages of basic items.”
From Salon
Less than three weeks later, Iranians were marching everywhere - from small deprived provincial towns to major cities, chanting for economic and political change.
From BBC
That left a problem for the BEA, depriving it of data it relies on in its own calculations.
Noriega also argued his forcible military abduction violated international law and the Panamanian government’s sovereignty, thereby depriving courts of jurisdiction.
Germany is proof that countries don’t instantly dissolve when deprived of the crutch of triumphalist heritage.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
