burned-over

• Adjectif américain désuet décrivant une région ou une localité épuisée de ses ressources ; historiquement utilisé pour les régions de l'État de New York touchées par le réveil religieux.

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.

   brûlé, ravagé par le feu

   • 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.

   Synonymesblackenedburnedburntscorched