Synonyms: scorched
Definition: having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy
Usage: Sherman's scorched earth policy
Similar words: destroyed
Definition: spoiled or ruined or demolished
Usage: war left many cities destroyed; Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind
Synonyms: adust, baked, sunbaked, parched, scorched
Definition: dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
Usage: a vast desert all adust; land lying baked in the heat; parched soil; the earth was scorched and bare; sunbaked salt flats
Similar words: dry
Definition: free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
Usage: dry land; dry clothes; a dry climate; dry splintery boards; a dry river bed; the paint is dry