scorched earth policy in English
noun
1
a military strategy of burning or destroying buildings, crops, or other resources that might be of use to an invading enemy force.
He refused to implement his orders for a scorched earth policy as German forces retreated into the Reich, leaving much of Germany's new military industries to help with the post-war economic revival.
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1. 28 He employed a scorched-earth policy,[www.Sentencedict.com] destroying villages and burning crops.
2. As they retreated, Iraqi forces carried out a scorched earth policy by setting oil wells on fire.
3. Both sides had practiced a scorched earth policy that disrupted sugar production, and the war had diverted Portuguese funds from being invested in the colonial economy.