Meaning of scorched

Definition of scorched

(adj) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats"
having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy; "Sherman's scorched earth policy"

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