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torn

[ tawrn, tohrn ]

verb

  1. past participle of tear 2.


torn

/ ɔː /

verb

  1. the past participle of tear 1
  2. that's torn it slang.
    an unexpected event or circumstance has upset one's plans
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. split or cut
  2. divided or undecided, as in preference

    he was torn between staying and leaving

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • ܲ·ٴǰ adjective
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It’s a good-looking movie about sublimated lives and the need to break free, one that feels torn between presenting the surface allure of those desires in a repressive time and exploring anything deeper.

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The tragedy has torn families apart and engulfed households in grief.

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He missed the entire 2021-22 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

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Watching Bean’s dutiful lord be torn apart, body and reputation, by a nest of vipers is an altogether different experience.

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When he arrived to see what the birds were eating, he found a dead cow, its rectum and udders torn away — classic wolf kill.

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