salt the earth

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To spread salt over arable land to destroy its fertility, especially as a scorched-earth tactic of war and/or genocide.
  2. After destroying or devastating something, to do something additional to make sure it is permanently destroyed, as a precaution or out of spite. excessive,idiomatic

词形变化

salts the earth present,singular,third-person salting the earth participle,present salted the earth participle,past salted the earth past
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