Bereave = be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death.

• The accident bereaved him of his wife and child.
• The bereaved wife = the woman whose husband has died.
• We all sympathise with you in your bereavement.

Bereave = rob or dispossess (of something immaterial) 

• bereft of hope = without hope
• The recent flood in Kerala left the majority of people bereft of hope.
• Bereft of reason = mad
• The anger made him bereft of reason.
• Indignation bereft him of speech = took away his power to speak.