Synonyms for torn
tɔrn, toʊrntorn

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1. lacerate, lacerated, mangled, tornadjective

   having edges that are jagged from injury

   Synonyms:
   lacerated, lacerate, mangled

   Antonyms:
   united, uninjured

2. tornadjective

   disrupted by the pull of contrary forces

   "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"

   Synonyms:
   lacerated, lacerate, mangled

   Antonyms:
   uninjured, united

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1. tornadjective

   Synonyms:
   rent, lacerated, ripped

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1. List of paraphrases for "torn":

   ripped, riven, munted, buzzed, dismembered, ravaged, divided

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1. Michael McConnell:

   At times when the nation is being torn apart, it's especially useful that the branch of government that still commands the highest trust of the American public -- and, I think most of the time, does behave in the less partisan, less divisive ways -- for that branch to speak up and remind the American public the principles underlying this.

2. Antler:

   Factories find work so meaningless they dream of being torn down even before they’re built.

3. Michael Sussman:

   Our back patio door was inside the dining room, the front windows were torn out of the wall, and the roof is gone upstairs.

4. Pen Farthing:

   He was just war-torn and battered, just like the town we were actually fighting over.

5. Jo Johnson:

   It's been an honor to represent Orpington for 9 years & to serve as a minister under three PMs (Prime Ministers), in recent weeks I've been torn between family loyalty and the national interest - it's an unresolvable tension & time for others to take on my roles as MP (Member of Parliament) & Minister.