Scorched-earth defense
The scorched-earth defense is a form of risk arbitrage and anti-takeover strategy.
Scorched Earth Operation
The Scorched Earth Operation refers to events in September 1999 in East Timor. The country had been under Indonesian occupation since 1975, and resistance by Timorese peaked in the later 1990s. A Referendum was held on Timorese independence and was successful. But the Indonesian military and militia rampaged through East Timor destroying vital infrastructure.