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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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Speaking at a council meeting in February of that year, he said his “heart had been torn apart.”

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I love how much more torn Tommy has to be to make the choices he’s about to make.

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Fences were torn down and protesters set foot on parliamentary grounds.

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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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