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, Huang Mei-chu, 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.

   • 2025 March 6, Rachel Hall, “‘Trump Gaza’ AI video intended as political satire, says creator”, in The Guardian‎:

     The video – posted by Trump on his Truth Social account last week – depicts a family emerging from the wreckage of war-torn Gaza into a beachside resort town lined with skyscrapers.

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 dalla guerra Portuguese: destruído/arrasado pela guerra