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desolate

verb as in ravage, destroy

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Russell’s Uz is a desolate, ravaged Dust Bowl town where farmers have lost their crops and residents have perished thanks to extreme weather.

Ms Smith, the co-founder of Stay in LA, likens the decline of Hollywood productions to the fall of Detroit, whose once formidable automotive industry collapsed, leaving much of the city desolate and impoverished.

From BBC

"No part of Israel should be left unsettled by Jews. If we leave any area desolate it is liable to be overtaken by our enemies," Nachala added.

From BBC

“It’s just empty, desolate, strange. ... It is also the last place I can think of for kids to be,” said Michael G. Davis a parent at Odyssey who visited the campus after the fire.

On the desolate East Greenland coast, Nazi meteorologists radioed coded weather reports to Germany, critical information for accurate battlefield forecasts because weather in Europe comes mostly from the west.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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