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English
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