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Plural for a state of complete emptiness
“It was an area of desolation apart from the up-and-down movement of the pumps extracting oil.”
Plural for a state of complete destruction
“The ancient cities of Babylon, Thebes, Memphis, and Carthage are notable examples of the desolation that followed the destruction of their forests.”
Plural for the state of being abandoned or uncared for
“Further still, the desolation of the building interiors conjures up images of the evacuated Titanic itself.”
Plural for a state of being isolated from others
“Michelangelo Antonioni's Red Desert is a challenging film about one woman's emotional and spiritual desolation from the rest of the world.”
Plural for an area of low fertility and habitation
“For five or six miles, then, stretched an area of desolation without any billeting places where troops could rest.”
Plural for great unhappiness or loneliness
“It was a piercing feeling of anguish, a feeling of desolation, a feeling of desperation that nothing could take away.”
Plural for a state of disapproval or feeling of unfulfillment
Plural for a great and sudden disaster or misfortune
Plural for a space entirely devoid of matter
Plural for the condition of not being able to produce crops
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