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Definition of “war-torn”

war-torn (ˈwɔːtɔːn) 

Definitions

adjective

  1. (journalism) ravaged by war ⇒ The problems created by the massive flows of refugees from this war-torn region.

Example Sentences Including 'war-torn'

Canada could send as many as 2,800 troops on each of two rotations to the war-torn country, a military source said.
Ottawa Sun (2003)
He arrived in Britain five months ago after fleeing war-torn Somalia.
Sun, News of the World (2002)
He fled to North West London to escape war-torn Somalia.
Sun, News of the World (2002)
Perhaps, like Katya, she had come from a war-torn country in Eastern Europe.
Peter Robinson AFTERMATH (2001)
Six months later, Mercedes Sanz-Bachiller would be one of the two most important women in the rebel zone of war-torn Spain.
Paul Preston DOVES OF WAR: Four Women of Spain (2002)
The first, from Barry, was his now familiar enquiry of her welfare in war-torn Europe.
Skelton, Alison Scott An Older Woman
The'rule of law' of the international bureaucrats in charge of these war-torn states makes a mockery of the law itself.
Spiked (2003)
Unlike rebuilding war-torn cities, however, renewing humanity's relationship with nature will be incremental.
Globe and Mail (2003)
`Have you got a bed for me tonight in that war-torn house of yours?
Davis, John Gordon Seize the Reckless Wind

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