desolation (EN)

Selfstandige naamwoord

Selfstandige naamwoord “desolation”

1. diepe hartseer en eensaamheid
   Teken in om die vertalings van voorbeeldsinne en enkeltaal definisies van elke woord te sien.

   After the divorce, he wandered his empty home, overwhelmed by a profound desolation.
2. verwoesting
   After the wildfire, the forest was a scene of desolation, with charred trees and ash-covered ground as far as the eye could see.
3. verwoesting (die proses waardeur 'n plek vernietig word, wat dikwels lei tot die afwesigheid van mense)
   The desolation of the ancient city was complete, its buildings reduced to rubble and its people long since fled.
4. verlate gebied
   The abandoned village had become a desolation, with empty houses and overgrown streets where no one dared to live.