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be shorn of
be shorn of sth formal if a person or thing is shorn of something that they used to have, for example power or a special quality, it has been taken away from them: The king, shorn of more and more of his powers, had very little idea of what was happening.
shear off
shear off • shear off sth • shear sth off if a part of something made of metal shears off, it breaks away from the rest of it, especially because it has become weak or old: The left wing of the aeroplane had almost completely sheared off when it hit the ground.
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