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scorched
adjective
Having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy
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adjective
Having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy
“Sherman's scorched earth policy”
adjective
Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
“A vast desert all adust”
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Sherman's scorched earth policy
A vast desert all adust
Land lying baked in the heat
Parched soil
The earth was scorched and bare
Sunbaked salt flats
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