scorched-earth

"The six or seven Presidential campaigns left a scorched earth," he said.

Unless the radio stations and record companies leave only scorched earth behind, it is likely to do so again.

He used the method of scorched earth to keep distance to all surrounding kingdoms.

You wander the scorched earth looking to do good.

"I saw indiscriminate attacks, consistent with the policy of scorched earth."

There was a thirty-foot circle of scorched earth on the hillside.

It left a one-kilometer-wide trail of scorched earth in its wake.

We need to put this scorched earth well behind us.

Usually his rampages leave behind at least some patches of scorched earth before burning out.

In my opinion, such a far-reaching scorched earth policy is really unnecessary.