奪う

Meaning

1. v5uvt
   to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to steal; to rob (someone) of; to dispossess of; to deprive of; to usurp
2. v5uvt
   to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate; to charm; to dazzle

Example sentences

• つい先日の列車事故においてはメーデーを出す間もなく、多くの方々が命を奪われた。

  Only the other day in a railway accident, without the time to send out a mayday, many people lost their lives.

• 覆面をした男達が旅客を襲って金を奪った。

  Masked men held up the passengers and robbed them of their money.

• 不良たちは彼を殴り倒して財布を奪った。

  The delinquents knocked him down and stole his wallet.