broken-backed

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Adjective[edit]

broken-backed (comparative more broken-backed, superlative most broken-backed)

  1. Having a broken back.
  2. (nautical, of a ship) Drooping at each end because of a damaged spine.
  3. Decrepit, weakened.
  4. (military) Of a war or warfare: continuing after the main force has been destroyed or significantly weakened, for example after a devastating nuclear strike.
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