war-torn

See also: wartorn and war torn

English

Alternative forms

war torn, wartorn

Adjective

war-torn (comparative more war-torn, superlative most war-torn)

Extensively damaged as a result of war.
Synonym: war-ravaged
- 2021 August 11, Richard Foster, “A century of railway politics”, in RAIL, number 937, page 42:
  The new government also had big plans for rejuvenating Britain's war-torn economy.
- 2023 January 30, Mei-chu Huang, Jonathan Chin, “Clinic raises money for Ukraine”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 January 2023, Taiwan News, page 3‎:
  A traditional Chinese medicine clinic in Changhua County has raised NT$555,000 in a two-day campaign drive to buy medical supplies, humanitarian aid materials and an ambulance for war-torn Ukraine.

Translations

damaged as a result of war

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: sodan runtelema
German: kriegsgebeutelt, kriegszerrüttet
Hungarian: háború sújtotta
Italian: devastato (it) m dalla (it) f guerra (it) f
Portuguese: destruído/arrasado pela guerra

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