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scorch  (scorches 3rd person present) (scorching present participle) (scorched past tense & past participle )
1  verb To scorch something means to burn it slightly. 
The bomb scorched the side of the building.  V n 
♦  scorched    adj 
...scorched black earth.  
2  verb If something scorches or is scorched, it becomes marked or changes colour because it is affected by too much heat or by a chemical. 
The leaves are inclined to scorch in hot sunshine...  V 
If any of the spray goes onto the lawn it will scorch the grass.  V n 

scorched earth  
A scorched earth policy is the deliberate burning, destruction, and removal by an army of everything that would be useful to an enemy coming into the area.  n-uncount usu N n 
He employed a scorched-earth policy, destroying villages and burning crops.  



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