deprive

“Scorched earth,” historically, means destroying land to deprive the encroaching enemy of its use.

It would also deprive a lot of kids like Henry of the opportunity to present their asylum claims.

But in reality all diets are basically the same—deprive the body of nutrients and it will begin to consume itself.

But in principle you could deprive humans of all kind of things to see what happened.

Is the market an inert force to be manipulated and exploited, to deprive it of hard-earned cash?

Robert, emperor of Germany, died, just as a powerful combination had been formed to deprive him of the crown.

Well, then, by meriting happiness, I will take revenge upon the injustice which would deprive me of it.

In this case, the idea of a greater good determines him to deprive himself of one less desirable.

He will naturally resent it; it would deprive us of his friendship or regard: nay it would, perhaps, make him hate us.

Does not tyranny deprive princes of true power, the love of the people, in which is safety?