Word: bereft
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Above all, and what is of the utmost consequence to every nation, large and small, Germany has been so bereft of all military and naval power that, if the provisions of the Treaty are carried out--and the guarantees that they will be are adequate--the scourge of militarism can no longer hold away over the civilized world. With all the other great powers united in a League of Nations and Germany in a state of complete impotence, there is great cause to hope that armaments may be persistently reduced. With greater belief in a safe future, we may turn...