war-torn

1. 1.

   laid waste by war

   Synonymswar-worn

   Similardestroyed

Questions about war-torn

What does war-torn mean?

war-torn means "laid waste by war".

How many syllables are in war-torn?

war-torn has 2 syllables and divides as war--torn under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for war-torn?

Close synonyms include war-worn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.