Building
Building noun - Something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity.
Desolation is an antonym for building.
Desolation
Desolation noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.
Usage example: the nuclear attack resulted in a scene of utter desolation
Building is an antonym for desolation.
How words are described
| new | new building | new desolation |
| destroyed | destroyed building | destroyed desolation |
| next | next building | next desolation |
| last | last building | last desolation |
| Other adjectives: industrial. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The Cameo: Stephen Colbert has a cameo in The Desolation of Smaug, as a man in Lake Town who wears an eyepatch and taps with a cane on a building.
Source: Film / The Hobbit
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Desolation and Building. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/building/desolation
Building & Desolation. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/building/desolation>.
Desolation or Building. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/building/desolation.
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