hellscape
noun[C]
uk/ˈhel.skeɪp/us/ˈhel.skeɪp/anareathatlooksextremelyunpleasant,especiallybecause everything there has beendestroyed, or apicturethatrepresentsthis:
In 2001, theWorldTrade Center wasreducedto a hellscape.
Theareais unrecognizable now, asmokinghellscape.
- Peoplewanderedaimlesslyabout theghastlyhellscape orranabout,cryingdementedly.
- Thecitycouldbecomeasavagedeserthellscape notfitforhumanlife.
- Hedescribedthetraditionalslaughteringgroundas afetidhellscape offliesandfoulodours.
- It's not one of thosetypicalvideogameswhere youshootrobotsin ableakurbanhellscape.
Geography: scenery & views
- a bird's eye viewidiom
- backdrop
- background
- bird
- cityscape
- cloudscape
- command
- grandstand
- landscape
- lookout
- scene
- scenery
- skyline
- skyscape
- snowscape
- streetscape
- the middle distance
- townscape
- viewpoint
- vista
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