in the wars

adjective

Injured or damaged; with the appearance of having been treated roughly.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. informalInjured or damaged; with the appearance of having been treated roughly.

    McArdle was at his post as usual. "Well," he cried, expectantly, "what may it run to? I'm thinking, young man, you have been in the wars. Don't tell me that he assaulted you."

    1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
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APA

in the wars. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20wars

MLA

“in the wars.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20wars. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in the wars,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20wars.

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