reaved
Seized by force
Reaved is the past tense of reave, an archaic verb meaning to plunder, rob, or carry off by force: The raiders reaved the coastal villages.
The word survives mainly in literary contexts and in the related noun reaver (a plunderer).
Bereaved shares the same root, its original sense being "robbed" of a loved one by death.
Had coverings removed
- divestedStripped of assets
- deprivedLacking necessities
- disinheritedExcluded from inheritance
- expropriatedTaken by authority
ousted · seized · wrested · taken · stolen · lost · snatched · claimed
Violent theft of goods
- lootStolen valuables
- spoilsSeized war gains
- bootyStolen valuables, especially treasure
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
marauding · plundering · sack · rapine · depredation · brigandage · pillaging · despoil
Severely damaged or destroyed
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- laid wasteUtterly destroyed, demolished
- barrenUnable to produce
blighted · deserted · abandoned · wasteland · emptiness · forlorn · bleakness · depopulated
stripped
Had coverings removed
- divestedStripped of assets
- deprivedLacking necessities
- disinheritedExcluded from inheritance
expropriated · ousted · seized · wrested · taken · stolen · lost · snatched · claimed · forfeited
pillage
Violent theft of goods
raiding · marauding · plundering · sack · rapine · depredation · brigandage · pillaging · despoil · ransack
ravaged
Severely damaged or destroyed
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- laid wasteUtterly destroyed, demolished
barren · blighted · deserted · abandoned · wasteland · emptiness · forlorn · bleakness · depopulated · scorched
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
widow · orphan · lamentation · anguish · heartache · woe · condolence · funeral · eulogy · memorial
reavedgave
Transferred possession freely
bestowed · donated · gifted · granted · bequeathed
reavedsurrendered
Ceased resistance formally
yielded · relinquished · ceded · handed over · entrusted
reavedrestored
Returned to original condition
returned · replenished · restituted · compensated · repaid
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