scorched earth

Etymology
, originally in reference to the strategy adopted by the Chinese government in the. as an idiom.

Noun

 * 1)   that has been abandoned, in the face of an advancing enemy, after the destruction of all resources on it.
 * 2)  The strategy of destroying all resources in an area of land in order to deny their use to an advancing enemy.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: سِيَاسَةُ الأَرْضِ المَحْرُوقَة
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: brændte jords taktik
 * Dutch: verschroeide aarde
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: poltettu maa
 * French:
 * Georgian: გადამწვარი მიწა
 * German: verbrannte Erde
 * Hungarian: felperzselt föld
 * Italian: terra bruciata
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Mongolian:
 * Polish: spalona ziemia
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Swedish: bränd jord, brända jordens taktik
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: