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Definition of Scorched-earth policy
1. Noun. The target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels.
Definition of Scorched-earth policy
1. Noun. A military strategy that involves destroying buildings, crops, and other resources that could be useful to enemy forces. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) Any strategy that involves some type of drastic action. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorched-earth Policy
Literary usage of Scorched-earth policy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Conspicuous Destruction: War, Famine, and the Reform Process in Mozambique by Human Rights Watch (Organization)., Human Rights Watch (Organization (1992)
"Scorched Earth Policy The only tangible evidence that the government has used
systematic destruction of crops as a weapon of war comes from ..."
2. Guatemala by Shelagh McNally (2006)
"1982 General Efrain Ríos Montt is elected and, despite promises of reform, begins
his scorched earth policy. The four rebel armies, FAR, OPRA, ..."
3. Political Murder and Reform in Colombia: The Violence Continues by Juan E. Méndez, Americas Watch Committee (U.S.) (1992)
"... in reality forms part of a "scorched earth" policy (tierra arrasada) of
destroying an area in order to deny the guerrillas any ability to operate there. ..."
4. Adventure Guide to Guatemala by Shelagh McNally (2003)
"Together they implemented the Scorched Earth policy to cleanse Guatemala of
communists. The army burst into hundreds of villages and burned them to the ..."
5. Participatory Development: Learning from South Asia by Ponna Wignaraja (1991)
"... indicates that this 'recent destruction of Africa's dry land agriculture was
more severe than if an invading army had pursued a scorched earth policy'. ..."
6. A Testimony of Jesus Christ by Anthony/Charles Garland (2007)
"They didn't burn as part of a "scorched earth" policy. The actual cutting of the
trees stands in marked contrast with the description of the first trumpet ..."
7. Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation by J. Bruce Amstutz (1994)
"Another pacification technique is a "scorched earth" policy. This policy seeks
to demolish the rural support base of the resistance—to destroy ..."
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