war-ravaged

English

Adjective

war-ravaged (comparative more war-ravaged, superlative most war-ravaged)

1. Synonym of war-torn.
   • 1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 63:

     The "Liberation" Locomotive. Reprinted from The Railway Gazette, June 28, 1946. […] This detailed description of the 2-8-0 locomotives built by the Vulcan Foundry Limited for service in the war-ravaged countries of Europe is a record of one of the most remarkable examples of determined co-operative effort in the field of locomotive construction.

Related terms

• war-ridden

See also

• Swedish krigshärjad

References

• “war-ravaged”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.