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deprives

verb as in keep or take away something wanted, needed

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Excluding women from leadership deprives young female doctors of role models.

Sotomayor said the 5-4 ruling “needlessly impairs the Government from enforcing Title IX and deprives potential claimants of protections against forms of sex discrimination not at issue in respondents’ suit.”

From Salon

This does not just cause disruption to the community thus "shut down", it also deprives family breadwinners of their income and prevents children from going to school.

From BBC

It also deprives President Biden of the central rationale for his reelection, at least for the foreseeable future.

Pozo attributes the deaths to a “synergy” of factors, including high heat, drought, forest fires and logging that deprives the monkeys of water, shade and the fruit they eat.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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