What does "war-torn country" mean? What does "war-torn country" mean? I need to translate a text in russian, but no dictionary gives me the translation or meaning of the word "war-torn". i suppose it

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What does "war-torn country" mean? What does "war-torn country" mean? I need to translate a text in russian, but no dictionary gives me the translation or meaning of the word "war-torn". i suppose it is something like "torn by war"? Help me, please. :)

25 févr. 2014 11:17

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a war-torn country, city etc is being destroyed by war. Страна, раздираемая войной.

25 février 2014

Depends on the context. 'A war-torn country' also may be 'a country that was parted between two or more other countries, which fought for it's territories'.

25 février 2014

Yes, Stacy, you are correct: a country that has been torn (apart) by war. Every day we read in the newspapers about the sad situation in the war-torn country of S - - - -.

25 février 2014

раздираемая войной --- это если предложение в прошедшем времени но в прошлом времени оно не будет "раздёртая" :)) нужно смотреть по тексту может быть как "страна, разделённая войной" так и "страна, разорённая войной"... зависит от того как они там что tear

26 février 2014

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