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View definitions for torn

torn

adjective as in cut open

adjective as in undecided

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She had surgery in September for a torn labrum in her non-throwing shoulder but is expected back when the season begins next month.

Charities said this left families torn apart, with some desperate parents resorting to illegal routes to bring their children to the UK.

From BBC

But he was torn over whether it was sustainable to fly oysters "half-way around the world" and keep his family harvesting oysters.

From BBC

Like other families displaced by the fire, the Robertses are torn over whether to stay and rebuild in the community where generations of their family have lived, or start fresh somewhere else.

The engines of the Boeing 737-800 will be torn down and the concrete structure will be examined further, the report said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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