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scabland

American  
[skab-land] / ˈskæbˌlænd /

noun

Physical Geography.
  1. rough, barren, volcanic topography with thin soils and little vegetation.


Etymology

Origin of scabland

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; scab + land

Example Sentences

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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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