Bad
Bad noun - That which is morally unacceptable.
Desolation and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Desolation" instead a noun "Bad".
Desolation
Desolation noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
Bad and desolation are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Bad" with "Desolation", this nouns are similar.
Both words in one sentence
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Dungeon Keeper basks in this trope, adopting "It's good to be bad" as it's motto and having your counselor sneer and loathe at the abominably cheerful and benevolent settlements your army is about to ravage and then glorify the desolation and despair it inflicted.
Source: Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad -
Reassigned to Stalliongrad: The Trope Namer; Stalliongrad is absolutely infamous for hostile weather, dangerous wildlife, relative desolation, and worst of all, bad food.
Source: Just For Fun / Ponies with Pikes -
Company Town: A a crossover issue with the Green Lantern had a mining town in the Rocky Mountains called Desolation, which was a really bad place to live.
Source: Comic Book / Green Arrow
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