DESOLATION

• (noun) an event that results in total destruction

  synonyms : devastation

• (noun) sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

  synonyms : forlornness , loneliness

• (noun) a bleak and desolate atmosphere

  "the nakedness of the landscape"

  synonyms : bareness , bleakness , nakedness

• (noun) the state of being decayed or destroyed

  synonyms : devastation

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