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1. The state of being decayed or destroyed
   - devastation
    
2. A bleak and desolate atmosphere
   - bleakness, bareness, nakedness
    
3. Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
   - forlornness, loneliness
    
4. An event that results in total destruction
   - devastation

Derived forms: desolations

See also: desolate

Type of: deterioration, gloom, gloominess, glumness, impairment, ruin, ruination, sadness, unhappiness

Encyclopedia: Desolation