scorched

Definitions of scorched
  1. adjective
    dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
    “the earth was scorched and bare”
    synonyms: adust, baked, parched, sunbaked
    dry
    free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
  2. adjective
    having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy
    “Sherman's scorched earth policy”
    synonyms:
    destroyed
    spoiled or ruined or demolished
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