1. (n.) The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

2. (n.) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.

3. (n.) A place or country wasted and forsaken.

Arabia Deserta Death Valley Sahara abandonment aching heart agonizingness agony agony of mind anguish bale barren barren land barrenness barrens bitterness bleeding heart bloodbath blue ruin breakup broken heart brush bush carnage chaos comfortlessness consumption crushing damnation decimation defenselessness depopulation depredation depression depth of misery desert desertion desolateness despair despoilment despoliation destruction devastation disconsolateness disconsolation disintegration disorganization dispeoplement disruption dissolution distress dolor dreariness dust bowl excruciatingness excruciation extirpation extremity fatherlessness forlornness gloom grief havoc heartache heartbreak heartsickness heath heavy heart hecatomb helplessness holocaust homelessness howling wilderness inconsolability infelicity karroo kithlessness lunar landscape lunar waste melancholia melancholy misery motherlessness obliteration prostration ravage ravagement ruin ruination sack sadness salt flat shambles slaughter sorrow spoliation suicidal despair torment tormentingness torture torturousness undoing unhappiness vandalism waste wasteland weary waste wild wilderness wilds woe wrack wrack and ruin wreck wretchedness