burned-over
Adjective Satellite
Meaning
destroyed or badly damaged by fire
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Examples
a row of burned houses
a charred bit of burnt wood
a burned-over site in the forest
barricaded the street with burnt-out cars
Burned-over district In the early nineteenth century, western New York was called the " burned-over district " because of the highly publicized revivals that crisscrossed the region.
Linda K. Pritchard, "The burned-over district reconsidered: A portent of evolving religious pluralism in the United States."