- Dave sadly said to be distraught - Laid waste - Leading dictator Mr Peron’s wife declared distraught - Ravaged - Traumatised, deeply upset - Utterly destroyed - Very shocked and upset
- Barren - Bereft - Uninhabited - Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted;
uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness;
a desolate house. - Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed;
as, desolate altars. - Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless. - Lost to shame; dissolute.
- Ruin - The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of
inhabitants; depopulation. - The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin;
solitariness; destitution; gloominess. - A place or country wasted and forsaken.