scorched meaning and definition

SCORCHED adjective

Definition of scorched (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: adust, baked, parched, sunbaked
2. having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy
   • "Sherman's scorched earth policy"