Use "scorched-earth policy" in a sentence
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.