desolation
/ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən/ noun B2- The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
- The state of being desolated or laid waste
- A place or country wasted and forsaken.
Plural desolations
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“No,” returned she, “but I feel some emotion on seeing, for the first time, the man without whose intervention we should have been in tears and desolation.
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