torn
pronunciation
How to pronounce torn in British English:
UK [tɔ:n]
How to pronounce torn in American English:
US [tɔrn]
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- Adjective:
- having edges that are jagged from injury
- disrupted by the pull of contrary forces
Word Origin
- torn
- past participle of tear (v.); from Old English getoren.
Example
- 1. Now all the decorations have been torn down , showing the bare black boards behind them .
- 2. They wore their hair long , their feet bare , their cloaks torn .
- 3. Media businesses are not being torn apart in a fight-to-the-death between darwinian rationalists and authoritarian creationists .
- 4. It is possible that the card has already been torn beyond repair by the bungled policy in iraq .
- 5. 1 Fresh basil leaf , torn into small pieces ( or 1 / 8 tsp . Dried basil )