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)

1. 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^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 January 2023, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[2]:

     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: 戰火紛飛的／战火纷飞的 (zhànhuǒ fēnfēi de)

• Finnish: sodan runtelema
• German: kriegsgebeutelt, kriegszerrüttet
• Hungarian: háború sújtotta
• Italian: devastato (it) m dalla (it) f guerra (it) f
• Portuguese: destruído/arrasado pela guerra