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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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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

"My own family have a pedigree herd of South Devon cattle and we have lost cows to TB, so I know how distressing it can be and have huge sympathy for farmers who suffer loss."

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2021

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 burned he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire!'

From Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India by Carmichael, Amy