war-tornadjective
uk/ˈwɔː.tɔːn/us/ˈwɔːr.tɔːrn/also war-ravaged, uk/ˈwɔːˌræv.ɪdʒd/us/ˈwɔːrˌræv.ɪdʒd/severely damaged by a long war, especially between different groups from the same country:
It is a long-term task to rebuild the infrastructure of a war-torn country such as Angola.
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War
- antebellum
- battle-scarred
- bellicose
- belligerent
- biological warfare
- concord
- crusade
- hostile
- militarism
- militarist
- pacific
- peacekeeping
- phoney war
- pro-war
- scorched-earth policy
- the Great War
- the Second World War
- war clouds are gathering idiom
- warfare
- warlike
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