Scorched - Definition
scorched
adj 1: 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" [syn: adust, baked, parched,
scorched, sunbaked]
2: having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by
an enemy; "Sherman's scorched earth policy"