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suffer loss

VERB

lose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

drop fail forget give up squander suffer surrender waste

STRONG

bereave capitulate consume default deplete disinherit displace dispossess dissipate divest drain exhaust expend forfeit lavish misplace miss misspend oust relinquish rob sacrifice yield

WEAK

be careless be impoverished be reduced become poorer fail to keep fall short pass up use up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fight hoard save win

STRONG

accumulate collect fill gather give hold keep refuse starve take

WEAK

achieve confront face hold on to maintain meet succeed

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Stormont's Finance Minister John O'Dowd, whose department drafted the bill, said it would "offer a small candlelight of hope to many families" in Northern Ireland who suffer loss.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

What happens when you suffer loss or you experience grief or adversity comes into your life?

From Salon • Oct. 14, 2023

But don’t expect a picnic, Schlossberg said, because in retirement, as in life, plans go awry, we’re needed in ways we hadn’t anticipated, and we suffer loss.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022

She even claims it can deliver “pre-traumatic growth” for readers yet to suffer loss themselves, who fortify themselves with the lessons she has learned.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2017

If any man's work shall be burnt, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.

From Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes by Jennings, Frederick Charles

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