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torn

adjective as in undecided

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Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that the judiciary had been brought under the control of the government and that the 27th amendment had "torn the Supreme Court to pieces".

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"When I turned round, I saw my aunt's body torn to pieces. We covered her with a cloth and kept going," she said through tears.

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He missed the final Test with a torn shoulder.

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LONDON—The U.K. has long been torn between two mutually exclusive desires: Voters want European levels of welfare with American levels of taxation.

Yugoslavia was torn apart by war and the city was surrounded by Serb forces and subjected to constant shelling and sniper fire.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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