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salts the earth

salts the earth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of salt the earth.

Meaning of salt the earth

Verb

salt the earth (third-person singular simple present salts the earth, present participle salting the earth, simple past and past participle salted the earth)

  1. (literal) To spread salt over arable land to destroy its fertility, especially as a scorched-earth tactic of war and/or genocide.
  2. (excessive, idiomatic) After destroying or devastating something, to do something additional to make sure it is permanently destroyed, as a precaution or out of spite.

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What is salts the earth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Salts the earth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of salt the earth.

Words near salts the earth in the dictionary

  1. saltproof
  2. salts
  3. salts away
  4. salts down
  5. salts out
  6. salts the earth
  7. salts the mine
  8. salts up
  9. Saltses
  10. saltshaker
  11. saltshakers

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