scabland
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scabland
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It is 150 miles north by car from Las Vegas, in a vast expanse of utterly empty scabland, desert and mountain, and signs reading “No gas station next 150 miles.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2013
It took two days to cross that ashen scabland.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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