How to pronounce “scorched earth”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (military) Land that has been abandoned, in the face of an advancing enemy, after the destruction of all resources on it.
• (military) The strategy of destroying all resources in an area of land in order to deny their use to an advancing enemy.
• [Adjective]
• Alternative spelling of scorched-earth.

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