burned-over

• Veraltetes amerikanisches Adjektiv, das eine Region oder Gegend beschreibt, die durch übermäßige Nutzung ihrer Ressourcen erschöpft ist; historisch bezeichnete es auch Gebiete in New York, die von religiösen Erweckungsbewegungen erfasst wurden.

An obsolete American adjective describing a region or area that has been exhausted of its resources, particularly used historically to refer to areas of New York affected by religious revivalism.

1. Destroyed or damaged by fireB2formal

   Describes an area or object that has been severely damaged or destroyed by fire.

   niedergebrannt

   • The forest was left as a burned-over landscape after the wildfire.
   • They walked through the burned-over remains of the old barn.
   • The burned-over field was black and barren for miles.

   Synonymeblackenedburnedburntscorched