Synonyms for deprive
dɪˈpraɪvde·prive

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1. depriveverb

   Synonyms:
   impoverish

   Antonyms:
   enrich

2. depriveverb

   To take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.

   Synonyms:
   impoverish

   Antonyms:
   enrich

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1. deprive

   Synonyms:
   strip, bereave, despoil, rob, divest, dispossess, abridge, depose, prevent, hinder

   Antonyms:
   invest, endow, compensate, enrich, supply, present, reinstate, indemnify

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1. deprive, strip, divestverb

   take away possessions from someone

   "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

   Synonyms:
   strip down, clean, discase, leach, foray, divest, pillage, unclothe, dismantle, strip, disrobe, undress, reave, rifle, denude, uncase, impoverish, despoil, ransack, loot, peel, plunder, bare, denudate, disinvest

   Antonyms:
   enrich

2. depriveverb

   keep from having, keeping, or obtaining

   Synonyms:
   divest, impoverish, strip

   Antonyms:
   enrich

3. deprive, impoverishverb

   take away

   Synonyms:
   divest, impoverish, strip

   Antonyms:
   enrich

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1. • Withhold
   • Worsen

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1. depriveverb

   Synonyms:
   dispossess, divest, strip, rob, BEREAVE, take from

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1. depriveverb

   Synonyms:
   dispossess, strip, divest, despoil

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1. List of paraphrases for "deprive":

   deny, rob

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1. Ron Desantis:

   But if they were, I would want them playing, and if they bring something back to the house, as much as I wouldn't want that, I would rather take that risk than deprive them of the opportunity to do things like this.

2. Brad Dacus:

   This shocking attack from the state against our clients exercise of religious convictions is deeply disturbing, the state seeks to punish Artis based on non-existent directives, and deprive her of a personal ministry to the veterans who have benefited from her religious services for years. Artis isnt fighting just for herself, but for the Gospel and for the residents who are unable to fight for themselves against the states attempted intimidation.

3. Antonin Artaud:

   There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one means of folly, they will invent ten thousand others. They will create subtler, wilder methods, methods that are absolutely DESPERATE. Nature herself is fundamentally antisocial, it is only by a usurpation of powers that the organized body of society opposes the natural inclination of humanity.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   You don't want to deprive them to get the younger ones, because they're the ones that are going to wind up in the hospital and have a higher rate of death, what we don't want to do is to neglect them.

5. Paul Ryan:

   Through these investigations we have uncovered serious and unprecedented actions taken by the most senior IRS official in charge of the non-profit unit, Lois Lerner, to deprive conservative organizations of their constitutional rights, despite the DOJ closing its investigation, the Ways and Means Committee will continue to find answers and hold the IRS accountable for its actions.