war-weary

[wawr-weer-ee]

adjective

1. utterly exhausted and dejected by war, especially after a prolonged conflict.

2. (of an airplane) damaged beyond use except as scrap or as a source of salvageable spare parts.

Other Word Forms

• war-weariness noun

Example Sentences

Two years on, the split is sharper than ever between Hamas loyalists who still defend the movement to the core, and a war-weary majority of Gazans who have lost patience with endless destruction and despair.

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Israelis are war-weary and polls show that a majority want a deal that returns the hostages and ends the war.

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Nonetheless, a war-weary American public overwhelmingly endorsed the bombings.

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After leaving a war-weary South Sudan for Uganda, Goi's "biggest dream" was to become a model.

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It could be Preacher, who has a religious bent; or Bigger, the raw but hyperobservant new recruit; or the war-weary Silk, who already has a Purple Heart; or the aggressive Crazy Horse.

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