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 Words From

• war-weari·ness noun

Example Sentences

And with the election of Donald Trump for a second term as US president, Ukraine’s depleted and war-weary forces are facing uncertain support from their biggest military donor.

From BBC

“We constantly hear them buzzing - they stop and look inside the windows,” says Viktoriia Vasylevska, 50, one of the remaining, war-weary residents.

From BBC

The owners of the building were a wealthy elderly Germanic-Jewish couple who met us outside and assessed my potential with war-weary eyes.

From Los Angeles Times

The need for that kind of release is great in war-weary Ukraine because the stories of Romaniuk and Kovalchuk are not unique.

From Los Angeles Times

The owners of the building were a wealthy elderly Germanic-Jewish couple who met us outside and assessed my potential with war-weary eyes.

From Los Angeles Times