deserted village

collocation in English

meaningsofdesertedandvillage

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deserted
adjective
uk
/dɪˈzɜː.tɪd/us
/dɪˈzɝː.t̬ɪd/
If a place is deserted, there are no people ...
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village
noun
uk
/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/
a group of houses and other buildings that is smaller than a town, usually in ...
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(Definition ofdesertedandvillagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That gap, adesertedvillage, led him rapidly into a huge field of enquiry, embracing historical demography, social history and agrarian history, as well the history of the landscape.
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There is no beauty in adesertedvillage.
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The tendency is to pool everything in the south and to leave the north as an industrialdesertedvillage.
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The expedition saw the artifacts as inanimate objects from adesertedvillage.
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The name was given originally to a nowdesertedvillagein the fourteenth century.
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It is also adesertedvillagein this parish.
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In the foreground is a partlydesertedvillagewith only one reasonably prosperous-looking house.
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On discovering thedesertedvillage, the soldiers not only reclaimed the looted merchandise but also took animal pelts and two canoes.
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After climbing out, they notice there are large holes all over the area, including a fairly new one next to adesertedvillage.
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On their first night in thisdesertedvillagein the middle of nowhere, they realize that they are not alone.
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They decide to move after the older daughter develops a psychiatric problem, and their new bungalow is perfect for a spooky tale, standing tall in adesertedvillage.
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Of the historic village itself, only field patterns marking adesertedvillageremain, along with two village ponds.
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Existing and deserted villages and farms were settled up, and new villages were founded, especially by turning the vast woodlands into farmland.
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