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war-ravaged — adj. destroyed by war, ruined and destroyed by force and violence of war … English contemporary dictionary
ravaged — [ rævıdʒd ] suffix MAINLY JOURNALISM used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning destroyed or badly damaged by something: the earthquake ravaged island a war ravaged country … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
War rape — describes rape committed by soldiers, other combatants or civilians during armed conflict or war. Rape in the course of war dates back to antiquity, ancient enough to have been mentioned in the Bible. During war and armed conflict rape is… … Wikipedia
War of Succession of Champagne — Date 1216 1222 Location County of Champagne and its environs; mostly concentrated in southeastern Champagne Result Loyalist victory, Theobald IV succeeds as Count, Countess Regent Blanche centralizes authority over … Wikipedia
war-wasted — warˈ wastˈed adjective Ravaged by war • • • Main Entry: ↑war … Useful english dictionary
war-torn war-worn — destroyed destroyed adj. 1. p. p. of {destroy}. [Narrower terms: {annihilated, exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted}; {blighted, spoilt}; {blotted out, obliterate, obliterated};… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
war — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ impending, ongoing ▪ bloody ▪ all out, full scale, total … Collocations dictionary
war — noun 1 WAR IN GENERAL (U) fighting between two or more countries or opposing groups within a country, involving large numbers of soldiers and weapons: Cambodia has been ravaged by war for the past 20 years. | war breaks out (=war begins): War… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
War of the Sicilian Vespers — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= War of the Sicilian Vespers caption= Sicilian Vespers (1846), by Francesco Hayez. date= 1282 ndash; 1302 place= The Mediterranean; primarily Sicily, the Mezzogiorno, Aragon, and Catalonia result= Division of… … Wikipedia
War of the Bands — The War of the Bands ( es. Guerra de los Bandos) was a civil war, really an extended series of blood feuds, in the the western Basque Country (part of Castile), Gascony, and Navarre in the Late Middle Ages. The main primary source for the War is… … Wikipedia
