What is crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. "Her broken love and life." G. Eliot called?
broken — Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. "Her broken love and life." G. Eliot. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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