Bereft

/bəˈɹɛft/

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.

adjective

  1. (of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.

  2. Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of.

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