Desolation
Desolation noun - Land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops.
Usage example: looked out over the vast untamed desolation to the north
Wild and desolation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wild" instead a noun "Desolation".
Wild
Wild noun - That part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation.
Desolation and wild are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desolation" instead a noun "Wild".
Both words in one sentence
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Roman à Clef: "Desolation Row" hints that the entire album is one, prompting much Wild Mass Guessing about who's who.
Source: Music / Highway 61 Revisited -
Incidentally, Tolkien grew up in this area; many scholars think Mordor at least in part inspired by the polluted industrial desolation (which leads to a long-time Wild Mass Guess that the Ring saga is an allegorical Green Aesop or an anti-technology rant).
Source: Polluted Wasteland
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