desolation

About 1.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
2. noun The state of being desolated or laid waste
3. noun A place or country wasted and forsaken.

Similar words

devastation ruin forlornness bleakness loneliness havoc destruction wasting depopulation waste

Often followed by

of and in which that to is was as

Word family

desolations