scorched earth policy

Word family adjectivescorchednounscorcherscorchingscorchingnessscorched earth policyadverbscorchinglyverbscorch

Related topics: Military

ˌscorched ˈearth ˌpolicy noun [countableC]

PMthe destruction by an army of everything useful in an area, especially crops, so that the land cannot be used by an enemy 焦土政策

Examples from the Corpus

scorched earth policy• The rebels are accused of rape, looting and a scorched earth policy.• The intention may not have been a scorched earth policy, but the effect on some departments was the same.

单词	scorched earth policy
释义	scorched earth policy Word family adjectivescorchednounscorcherscorchingscorchingnessscorched earth policyadverbscorchinglyverbscorch Related topics: Military ˌscorched ˈearth ˌpolicy noun [countableC] PMthe destruction by an army of everything useful in an area, especially crops, so that the land cannot be used by an enemy 焦土政策 Examples from the Corpus scorched earth policy• The rebels are accused of rape, looting and a scorched earth policy.• The intention may not have been a scorched earth policy, but the effect on some departments was the same.
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