Adjective
1. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight;
"a vast desert all adust""land lying baked in the heat""parched soil""the earth was scorched and bare""sunbaked salt flats"2. having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy;
"Sherman's scorched earth policy"3. damaged or discolored by superficial burning:"the scorched blouse tore easily"