Desolation and Extinction

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

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Extinction and desolation are semantically related in barrenness topic. In some cases you can use "Extinction" instead a noun "Desolation".

Extinction noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.

Usage example: the state's population of moose has been replenished, having once been hunted almost to extinction

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Desolation and extinction are semantically related in barrenness topic. You can use "Desolation" instead a noun "Extinction".

Nearby Word: extinct

mass	mass desolation	mass extinction
utter	utter desolation	utter extinction
planetary	planetary desolation	planetary extinction
mutual	mutual desolation	mutual extinction
Other adjectives: worst, inevitable, coming.

That the spren are bonding with humans again now is because they sense another Desolation approaching and are acting as much out of self-preservation as anything else, because the alternative is extinction of both.

Source: Literature / The Stormlight Archive
Class 5: Planetary Extinction and Class 6: Planetary Desolation: In the flash-forward near the end of the book, the planet gets so hot that only bacteria are able to survive, then so hot that nothing can survive.

Source: Literature / Evolution

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