Usually means: Devastated by prolonged armed conflict.
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  1. war torn: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. war-torn: Merriam-Webster
  3. war-torn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. war-torn, war-torn: Collins English Dictionary
  5. war-torn: Vocabulary.com
  6. War-Torn, War-torn, war-torn: Wordnik
  7. war-torn: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. war-torn, war torn: Wiktionary
  9. war-torn: Dictionary.com
  10. war-torn: Rhymezone
  11. war-torn: FreeDictionary.org
  12. war-torn: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. war-torn: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Subjected to the ravages of war.

Similar:
destroyed, war-worn, occupied, warless, lost in action, spacewrecked, impoverished, wild, shipwrecked, annihilated, more...

Opposite:
peaceful, tranquil, harmonious, undamaged, unscathed

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Similar:
destroyed, war-worn, occupied, warless, lost in action, spacewrecked, impoverished, wild, shipwrecked, annihilated, more...

Opposite:
peaceful, tranquil, harmonious, undamaged, unscathed



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