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Bereft
/bəˈɹɛft/
To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip; to benim.
📖 Definitions of "Bereft"
verb
- 1
To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip; to benim.
- 2
To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
- 3
To deprive of power; prevent.
- 4
To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
"Death bereaved him of his wife."
adjective
- 1
(of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
- 2
Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of.
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