be widowed
idiom
—used to say that a woman's husband dies before she does
She was widowed by the war.
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“Be widowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20widowed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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