Meaning of 亡くす in Japanese

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Definition of 亡くす

  1. (v5s, vt) to lose something

    彼女は新しい時計をなくした。
    She lost her new watch.

  2. to get rid of

    その国の財政の赤字をなくすには、もっと、たくさんの外国の援助を注ぎ込まなければならなかった。
    To get the nation's economy out of the red, more foreign aid had to be pumped in.

  3. to lose someone (wife, child, etc.)

    息子を亡くした夫婦に誰もが同情した。
    Everyone sympathized with the parents about their son's death.

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