salt the earth

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词形变化

salts the earth 三单 salting the earth 现在分词 salted the earth 过去式 salted the earth 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To spread salt over arable land to destroy its fertility, especially as a scorched-earth tactic of war and/or genocide.

  2. 2.

    After destroying or devastating something, to do something additional to make sure it is permanently destroyed, as a precaution or out of spite.

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