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bereft

 
/bɪˈreft/ adjective formal

Translation

bereft of sth completely without something
birşeyden mahrum olmak, yosun olmak
They were bereft of new ideas.929
[never before noun] alone and extremely sad
yalnız ve son derece üzgün
She was left bereft by his death.984
(Definition of bereft adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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