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scorchedearth policy

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scorched-earth policy

[skawrcht-urth]
–noun
a military practice of devastating the property and agriculture of an area before abandoning it to an advancing enemy.

Origin:
1935–40; appar. trans. of Chin jiāotǔ zhèngcè
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