scorched

dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight

• “a vast desert all adust”
• “land lying baked in the heat”
• “parched soil”
• “the earth was scorched and bare”
• “sunbaked salt flats”

having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy

• “Sherman”

damaged or discolored by superficial burning:"the scorched blouse tore easily"