ALL meanings of bereaving
be·reave
B b - verb with object bereaving to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother. 1
- verb with object bereaving to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually followed by of): The war bereaved them of their home. 1
- verb with object bereaving Obsolete. to take away by violence. 1
- verb bereaving present participle of bereave. 0