2N-UNCOUNT 荒凉;荒芜;荒废;满目疮痍 If you refer to desolation in a place, you mean that it is empty and frightening, for example because it has been destroyed by a violent force or army. 荒凉;荒芜;荒废;满目疮痍 [disapproval]
We looked out upon a scene of desolation and ruin.
我们放眼望去,眼前是一片荒凉的废墟。
She says the army left desolation and death through the whole of northern Morazan.