torn
uk/tɔːn/us/tɔːrn/past participle of tear
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Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- break (sth) off
- breakage
- catch
- fall apart
- flake
- fragment
- fragmented
- fray
- frayed
- in ribbons idiom
- knacker
- pull sth apart
- rent
- rip
- shear
- split
- tear sth up
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tornadjective
uk/tɔːn/us/tɔːrn/C2 finding it difficult to choose between two possibilities:
I was torn. Part of me wanted to leave, and part wanted to stay.
She was torn between staying and going.
See also
war-torn
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Taking and choosing
- accord
- adopt
- adopted
- adoption
- appoint
- bags I... idiom
- dip
- easy option
- either-or
- elect
- empanel
- go off with sth
- have/keep your options open idiom
- select
- selection
- selective
- selector
- self-selected
- single sb/sth out
- slate
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