be shorn of
phrasal verbbe shorn of something
- (literary) to have something important taken away from you
- Shorn of his power, the deposed king went into exile.
Definition of be shorn of phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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ripple effect
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Change, cause and effect
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