From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfeel a death/a loss etcfeel a death/a loss etcFEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCto react very strongly to a bad event, especially someone’s death Susan felt her grandmother’s death more than the others. → feel
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feel a death/a loss etc• Subjects began to feel a loss of control of the course of their thinking. 