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: barren, ravage verb [transitive often passive]
to destroy, ruin, or damage something very badly; devastate (1) : be ravaged by sth: The population was ravaged by cholera.

despair : discouragement, disheartenment
desperate : hopeless, desolate, extreme, excessive
destiny noun

1 [countable usually singular] the things that will happen to someone in the future, especially those that cannot be changed or controlled; fate (1) : your/my/his etc destiny: Juan accepted his destiny without complaint.

2 [uncountable] the power that some people believe decides what will happen to them in the future: I'm a great believer in destiny.