Usually means: Destroying resources to hinder enemies.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. scorched-earth policy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. scorched-earth policy: Vocabulary.com
  3. scorched-earth policy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. scorched-earth policy: Wiktionary
  5. scorched-earth policy: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. scorched-earth policy: Dictionary.com
  7. Scorched-Earth Policy, Scorched-earth policy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. scorched-earth policy: Rhymezone
  9. scorched-earth policy: FreeDictionary.org
  10. scorched-earth policy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. scorched-earth policy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  3. Scorched-earth policy: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  4. Scorched-earth policy: Financial dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (scorched-earth policy)

noun:  (military) A strategy that involves destroying buildings, crops, and other resources that could be useful to opponents.
noun:  (figuratively) An intentional course of action that is drastic or ruinous.

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