salt the earth (English, verb)
expansion: salt the earth (third-person singular simple present salts the earth, present participle salting the earth, simple past and past participle salted the earth)
Senses:
qualifier: literal
glosses: To spread salt over arable land to destroy its fertility, especially as a scorched-earth tactic of war and/or genocide.
glosses: To intentionally ensure that something is utterly destroyed.
tags: excessive
idiomatic
Forms:
form: salts the earth
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: salting the earth
tags: participle
present
form: salted the earth
tags: participle
past
form: salted the earth
tags: past