uptorn

[ uhp-tawrn, -tohrn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb

It may and should from time to time be amended to suit a change of circumstances, but never exposed to the danger of being uptorn.

Under that staggering blow men collapsed in dozens, crushed by the weight of uptorn earth or blown to fragments.

The bole of an uptorn gum tree spanned a half-moon depression at the verge of the spring.

Not that I liked changes, for heart vines bleed freely when uptorn, and friendship's stocks cannot be bought on margin.

Two of them belonged to the ration-party, and the others were Tommies who had been engaged in relaying the uptorn line.

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