Not yet in the UD in the relevant sense: _scorched-earth_ as a verb

[Wilson Gray]

Teen-aged girl A) "You'll have to show him your *worst* side. Make
sure he understands that it's *over*!"

Teen-aged girl B) "Yes. I'll _scorched-earth_ him!"

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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