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A state of complete emptiness
“It was an area of desolation apart from the up-and-down movement of the pumps extracting oil.”
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.”
The state of being abandoned or uncared for
“Further still, the desolation of the building interiors conjures up images of the evacuated Titanic itself.”
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.”
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.”
Great unhappiness or loneliness
“It was a piercing feeling of anguish, a feeling of desolation, a feeling of desperation that nothing could take away.”
A state of disapproval or feeling of unfulfillment
A great and sudden disaster or misfortune
The action of lying stretched out on the ground
A space entirely devoid of matter
An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder
The condition of not being able to produce crops
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