1) Cut off 2) Deprive 3) Deprive by force 4) Deprive of a loved one 5) Deprive through death 6) Desolate by loss 7) Dispossess 8) Divest 9) Exclusively Saxon word 10) Exclusively Anglo word 11) Leave desolate 12) Make desolate 13) Make grief-stricken 14) Prevent 15) Strip 16) Take a loved one from 17) Take away 
• (v. t.) To take away. • (v. t.) To take away from. • (v. t.) To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.
Be·reave' (be*rēv') transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bereaved (be*rēvd'), Bereft (be*rĕft'); present participle & verbal noun Bereaving. ] [ Middle English bireven , Anglo-Saxon bereáf...
[v] - deprive through death
verb deprive through death
to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death (usually fol. by of&hasp;): Illness bereaved them of their mother. · to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually fol. by of&hasp;): The war bereaved them of their home. · to take away by violence.