1syllable
bereft
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Definitions ofbereft
1verb
- To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip; to benim.
- To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
- To deprive of power; prevent.
- To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
Example: "Death bereaved him of his wife."
- To destroy life; cut off.
1adjective
- (of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
- Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of.
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