<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An act or instance of destroying or devastating land, population, community, etc.</li><li>The state of being destroyed or devastated, as land, population, community, etc.</li><li>Dreariness; barrenness.</li><li>Deprivation of companionship; loneliness.</li><li>Sorrow; grief; woe.</li><li>A desolate place.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>