: very badly harmed or damaged by war : torn apart by war
a war-torn country
Examples of war-torn in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebAcross the board, Europeans have grown nervous about integrating as many as eight new countries, especially one as large, poor, and war-torn as Ukraine.—Célia Belin, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2024 Southeast Asia has become a center of gravity for those criminal syndicates, often in remote and war-torn corners.—Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
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