Synonyms for orphaned
or·phaned

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1. orphanedadjective

   deprived of parents by death or desertion

   Antonyms:
   parented

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1. List of paraphrases for "orphaned":

   orphans, orphan, fatherless

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1. Colleen Thompson:

   A group [ of orphaned children ] were taken by bus from Lviv [ on Monday ] straight to Austria.

2. Said Thompson:

   We need assistance from our [local] congressman and our senators to help get visas processed for [orphaned] children displaced, with quick visa issuance, these children can get settled here and not have to live their lives in shelters for months.

3. Frank McGee:

   We can't say it enough : Wild animals are not pets, feeding deer habituates them to humans. They lose their fear of humans and that leads to these outcomes that are tragic for both wildlife and people. Injured and orphaned wildlife should be taken to licensed wildlife rehabilitators.

4. District Judge Dana Sabraw:

   The reality is there are still close to 500 parents that have not been located, many of these parents were removed from the country without their child, all of this is the result of the government's separation and then inability and failure to track and reunite, and the reality is that for every parent who is not located, there will be a permanent orphaned child, and that is 100 % the responsibility of the administration.

5. Nadia Murad:

   Nadia Murad, 21, made the comments during a speech at London’s Trade Union Congress House, The Mirror reported Sunday. Murad, from the Iraqi town of Sinjar, said Nadia Murad was orphaned after ruthless ISIS militants killed six of her brothers and Nadia Murad mother. When they took me to Mosul and raped me, I forgot my mother and brothers. Because what they were doing to the women was more difficult than death, Nadia Murad said. Murad said Nadia Murad was among the more than 5,000 Yazidi women taken captive when ISIS swept through the region, many of which were sold into the sex trade. They were committing all kinds ; murder, rape and displacing people by force in the name of Islam.