Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being the site of frequent or protracted military conflict.
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- adjective
extensively damaged as the result ofwar .
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- adjective laid waste by war
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Examples
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When most Westerners think of East Africa, the initial images that come to mind may be of civil war-torn Somalia, starving families in Ethiopia, and exotic safaris in Kenya.
Linda Constant: Thirsty in Tanzania: Africa's Infrastructure Challenge of Climate Change and Development Linda Constant 2011
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When most Westerners think of East Africa, the initial images that come to mind may be of civil war-torn Somalia, starving families in Ethiopia, and exotic safaris in Kenya.
Linda Constant: Thirsty in Tanzania: Africa's Infrastructure Challenge of Climate Change and Development Linda Constant 2011
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Bay is the sixth region of Somalia to slip into famine since the U.N.'s initial declaration of famine in the war-torn country in July that has left 4 million Somalis, or 53 percent of the population, unable to meet their food needs.
Hundreds Dying Daily As Famine Spreads In Somalia Reuters 2011
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When most Westerners think of East Africa, the initial images that come to mind may be of civil war-torn Somalia, starving families in Ethiopia, and exotic safaris in Kenya.
Linda Constant: Thirsty in Tanzania: Africa's Infrastructure Challenge of Climate Change and Development Linda Constant 2011
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A crack European army had been soundly defeated by a motley collection of machete-wielding peasants from the war-torn republic of Mexico ...
Did You Know? Cinco de Mayo is more widely celebrated in USA than Mexico 2009
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Bay is the sixth region of Somalia to slip into famine since the U.N.'s initial declaration of famine in the war-torn country in July that has left 4 million Somalis, or 53 percent of the population, unable to meet their food needs.
Hundreds Dying Daily As Famine Spreads In Somalia Reuters 2011
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While Gates is traveling around the war-torn country, U.S. President Barack Obama considers how quickly and how many troops to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan next month.
Gates Shares Emotional Goodbye with US Troops in Southern Afghanistan 2011
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While Gates is traveling around the war-torn country, U.S. President Barack Obama considers how quickly and how many troops to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan next month.
Gates Shares Emotional Goodbye with US Troops in Southern Afghanistan 2011
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The IMF agreed to a three-year, $129 million credit line for war-torn Afghanistan.
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Another target for cuts is refugee aid in areas such as flood-ravaged, war-torn Pakistan, where, despite Washington's direct role in breeding misery throughout the region, disaster victims evoke little sympathy from tightfisted politicians looking toward the 2012 elections.
Michelle Chen: The Budget Line Neither Party's Willing To Defend: Foreign Aid Michelle Chen 2011
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