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Definition of war-torn adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

war-torn

adjective
 
/ˈwɔː tɔːn/
 
/ˈwɔːr tɔːrn/
 [only before noun]
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  1. a war-torn country or area is severely affected by the fighting that is taking place thereTopics War and conflictc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryWar-torn is used with these nouns:
    • country
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