EGAVE

torn

About 9.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb past participle of tear
  2. adjective Having undergone tearing; ripped or shredded.
  3. adjective Unable to decide between multiple options.
    I'm torn between pizza and hamburgers.
  4. adjective Having marginal incisions that are deep and irregular.

Similar words

blasted damaged divided injured lacerate lacerated mangled rent ripped afflicted

Often followed by

from between down by and to up apart off

Word family

tear

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