Synonyms for war-torn
war-torn

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1. war-torn, war-wornadjective

   laid waste by war

   Synonyms:
   war-worn

   Antonyms:
   preserved

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1. List of paraphrases for "war-torn":

   war-ravaged, war-battered, war-plagued, war-stricken, war-damaged, war-shattered, strife-torn, war-affected

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1. Eva Svoboda:

   Although it might be difficult to trust new and 'non-traditional' humanitarian providers, it is important for international aid organizations and donors to ... form equal partnerships with those that are genuinely seeking to provide aid to war-torn areas, local organizations are the face of the new aid model, one that is sorely needed to best serve those in need.

2. Deidre Berger:

   Much of the hate stems from anti-foreigner and anti-refugee sentiments, triggered by the influx of close to a million Muslims from the war-torn Middle East and Afghanistan.

3. President Clinton:

   Few leaders have been so perfectly suited for the times in which they served, as a child in war-torn Europe, Madeleine and her family were twice forced to flee their home. When the end of the Cold War ushered in a new era of global interdependence, she became America's voice at the United Nations, then took the helm at the State Department, where she was a passionate force for freedom, democracy, and human rights.

4. Kelly Cowin:

   Everyone in the family had read it and there was something about that article that spoke to me, there’s so much complexity to it: There’s a war element, a love story between Tess and Gil, there’s this idea that, generations later, two girls of these war-torn families can come together to bridge a gap.

5. President Barack Obama:

   When I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which a person who is fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted, when some of those folks themselves come from families who benefited from protection when they were fleeing political persecution, that's shameful, that's not American, that's not who we are. We don't have religious tests (for) our compassion.