Is there a word or term to say this?

"War-torn" implies the war is still going on. "Utterly devastated by the recent war" would do, but I wish I could think of a single word or term.

Hi, Delmobile

Maybe "the country was ravaged" will do as a single word you were looking for ?

Delmobile"War-torn" implies the war is still going on. "Utterly devastated by the recent war" would do, but I wish I could think of a single word or term.

I disagree. War-torn just means devastated by war. We are just used to hearing it in reference to a present war because as soon as the war is over, the media loses interest.

My wif

vutdoantotally blown away and it has little or no chance of ever recovering back to its full strength.

humiliated, disgraced, shamed, conquered, devastated, destroyed, crushed, leveled, subdued, obliterated.

(And war-torn.)

CJ

humiliated, disgraced, shamed (the first three are mental rather than physical states.), conquered (you can be conquered without being war-torn. France was conquered in WWII with little damage.), devastated (this can be a pretty close synonym), destroyed, crushed, leveled (these three imply total destruction. You can be war torn without total destruction. After WWII, the reichstag, the K

Hi,

Possibly 'crippled'?

Clive

CliveHi,

Possibly 'crippled'?

Clive

In context a good choice. Assume the Iraq war is over and you could say. Iraq was crippled by the war. It may never recover.