war-torn

war-torn
adjective
laid waste by war
• Syn: ↑war-worn
• Similar to: ↑destroyed

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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
Thesaurus: broken, torn or damagedsynonym

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war-torn «WR TRN, -TOHRN», adjective.
disrupted, damaged, or destroyed by war: »

The American people…endorsed the government's economic aid and technical assistance to underdeveloped and war-torn countries of the postwar world (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).

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adj. (of a place) racked or devastated by war

a war-torn republic

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adj
: very badly harmed or damaged by war : torn apart by war

a war-torn country

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ˈwar-torn [war-torn] adjective only before noun
a war-torn country or area is severely affected by the fighting that is taking place there

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