scorched-earth policynoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌskɔːtʃtˈɜːθ ˌpɒl.ə.si/us/ˌskɔːrtʃtˈɝːθ ˌpɑː.lə.si/the act of an army destroying everything in an area such as food, buildings, or equipment that could be useful to an enemy
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War
- antebellum
- battle-scarred
- bellicose
- belligerent
- biological warfare
- concord
- crusade
- hostile
- militarism
- militarist
- pacific
- peacekeeping
- phoney war
- pro-war
- SDI
- the Second World War
- war clouds are gathering idiom
- war-torn
- warfare
- warlike
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