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In natural English speech, "bereft" appears in contexts such as: "dictatorship and her rivalry with former Prime Minister Shik Hassina. Bereft with the passing of their political hero and parental figure Khaled Zia, mourers braved the rain and cold to gather outside the". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/bəˈɹɛft/

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dictatorship and her rivalry with former Prime Minister Shik Hassina.

Bereft with the passing of their political hero and parental figure

Khaled Zia, mourers braved the rain and cold to gather outside the

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verb

simple past and past participle of bereave

“bereft of strength”

adjective

Pained by the loss of someone.

“I was utterly bereft in the months following my wife's death.”

adjective

Deprived of, stripped of, robbed of.

“And there I strove, and there I clove through the drift of icy streams; / And there I fought, and there I sought for the pay-streak of my dreams. // So twenty years, with their hopes and fears and smiles and tears and such, / Went by and left me long bereft of hope of the Midas touch; […]”

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