- war-torn
- adjective (only before noun) a war-torn country, city etc is being destroyed by war, especially war between opposing groups from the same country
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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war-torn — [ wɔr ,tɔrn ] adjective a war torn country or place has been badly damaged by a war, especially a war that involves different groups from the same country … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
war-torn — adj [only before noun] a war torn country, city etc is being destroyed by war … Dictionary of contemporary English
war-torn — adjective laid waste by war • Syn: ↑war worn • Similar to: ↑destroyed * * * war torn UK [ˈwɔː(r) ˌtɔː(r)n] US [ˈwɔr ˌtɔrn] adjective a war torn country or place has been badly damaged by a war, especial … Useful english dictionary
war-torn — UK [ˈwɔː(r) ˌtɔː(r)n] / US [ˈwɔr ˌtɔrn] adjective a war torn country or place has been badly damaged by a war, especially a war that involves different groups from the same country … English dictionary
war torn — adjective Subjected to the ravages of war. The war torn country was practically back to the stone age for infrastructure … Wiktionary
war-torn — [ˈwɔː ˌtɔːn] adj a war torn country or place has been badly damaged by a war … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
war-torn — adj. War torn is used with these nouns: ↑country … Collocations dictionary
war-torn war-worn — destroyed destroyed adj. 1. p. p. of {destroy}. [Narrower terms: {annihilated, exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted}; {blighted, spoilt}; {blotted out, obliterate, obliterated};… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
war-torn — adjective extensively damaged as the result of war … Wiktionary
war-torn — adjective (of a place) racked or devastated by war … English new terms dictionary
