war-torn
adjective/ˈwɔː tɔːn/
/ˈwɔːr tɔːrn/
[only before noun]- a war-torn country or area is severely affected by the fighting that is taking place thereTopics War and conflictc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryWar-torn is used with these nouns:
- country
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