Barren
Barren adjective - Producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation.
Devastated and barren are semantically related in destroyed topic. In some cases you can use "Devastated" instead an adjective "Barren".
Nearby Words: barrenness, barrenly
Devastated
Barren and devastated are semantically related in destroyed topic. Sometimes you can use "Barren" instead an adjective "Devastated".
Both words in one sentence
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Scenery Gorn: Much of the harrowing atmosphere of the film comes from the devastated urban landscapes and barren, frozen countryside.
Source: Film / Threads - Scientists predicted aberrant weather, continuing natural disasters, overgrown vegetation, barren wastelands, and The Hordes: nomadic survivors devastated by radiation and its sickness.
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Wells' original, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds evokes a barren, rarefied London stricken with Red Weed, its buildings devastated by Martian weaponry - the music, especially, evokes a kind of sickness.
Source: Scenery Gorn
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