Torn apart, crushed by conflict for some time (9)
I believe the answer is:
fortnight
'some time' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'torn apart crushed by conflict' is the wordplay.
'apart' is an anagram indicator.
'crushed by' indicates putting letters inside.
'conflict' becomes 'fight' (fight is a kind of conflict).
'torn' anagrammed gives 'ortn'.
'ortn' going into 'fight' is 'FORTNIGHT'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for fortnight that I've seen before include "Two weeks" , "Period of time" , "couple of weeks" , "Half a lunar month" , "short period?" .)