Alternative spelling of scorched-earth policy

(military) A strategy that involves destroying buildings, crops, and other resources that could be useful to opponents. / (figuratively) An intentional course of action that is drastic or ruinous.

(baseball) One of the two poles marking the area inside which a fair ball may be hit. It stands above a foul line.

A form of consensus decision-making characterised by cooperation despite significant differences among parties.

(physics) the intrinsic alignment of the angular momentum of a system

An area of Hingham, Massachusetts, USA.

The official name of Poland.

Alternative form of Stobie pole

(Australia, chiefly South Australia) A pole for supporting power lines, consisting of a tapered slab of concrete bracketed by steel joists.

(slang) In favour or good repute; strait-laced. / (slang) In confusion or error. / (slang) In trouble or difficulty. / (slang, archaic) Drunk.