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torn

[ tawrn, tohrn ]

verb

  1. past participle of tear 2.


torn

/ ³ÙÉ”Ë²Ô /

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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“Boomer parents often feel torn between love, responsibility and fear,†Melissa Cox, a certified financial planner at Future Focused Wealth in Dallas, told Salon.

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I swapped the jarred sauce for a quick stovetop version laced with fennel seed and torn basil.

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Several soldiers stationed there were charged in February after they were filmed assaulting a detainee, resulting in his hospitalisation for a torn rectum and a punctured lung.

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For now, his family is among many here worrying that they could be torn apart by the courts.

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But this one has torn through the core of Sudan, hardening divisions and threatening to split the nation.

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