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 there受战争严重破坏的;饱受战争蹂躏的Topics War and conflictc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryWar-torn is used with these nouns:
    • country
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