deprive
verb (used with object)
to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons).
has deprived
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present perfectof deprive (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It has deprived him of his preferred weapon of economic pressure just weeks before he lands in Beijing for a summit with the Chinese leader.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
San Francisco went into Sunday's game with a line-up decimated by an injury crisis that has deprived them of defensive linchpins Nick Bosa and Fred Warner, and receiver Ricky Pearsall among others.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
By picking the Dodgers over the Padres, Sasaki has deprived baseball of regular showdowns with Ohtani, who like Sasaki is from Japan’s Iwate prefecture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
The past year has deprived many of their loved ones, their homes and health.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024
Unfortunately the mutilation of the record, by which the beginning is wanting, has deprived us of the names of both conspirators, which are, therefore, only preserved by the Bible, Berosus, Abydenus, and Polyhistor.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches
