verb
- present participle of bereave; depriving someone of a loved one through death
Usage: formal
Examples
- The war was bereaving countless families of their sons.
- Disease was bereaving the community of its elders.
- The accident was bereaving her of her closest friend.
- Natural disasters were bereaving many households of their providers.
- The epidemic was bereaving the town of its children.
- Violence was bereaving too many mothers of their sons.