Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

war torn

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: war -torn
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Subjected to the ravages of war.

Example Sentences

"The war torn country was practically back to the stone age for infrastructure."

Inflected Forms

more war torn (comparative) most war torn (superlative) war-torn (alternative)

Questions

What does war torn mean?: Subjected to the ravages of war.

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