careworn
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Redistribution is not to be confused with rehabilitation, which cares for the wounded and the warworn who need hospital treatment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before long, old and warworn, he resigned his command, and died in 1647 at Vienna.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
When the conquering hero turned his face homewards to claim his triumph, he was mindful of his warworn veterans.
From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
Anon, beside the new-made mound, The warworn veterans gathered round, And spake of Lyon and of Lander, And others ranked as high, Recalling each his old commander, One not afraid to die.
From Poems Vol. IV by Howard, Hattie
So he brought me down to the gun room where sat Adam, elbows on table, chin on hand, peering up at one who stood before him in fetters, a haggard, warworn figure.
From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Farnol, Jeffery
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