황폐화가 · 황폐화를
devastation, desolation, becoming a wasteland
Example
오랜 가뭄으로 땅의 황폐화가 심해졌습니다.
Because of the long drought, the land's devastation has worsened.
Word parts
황 wild, barren+폐 ruin+화 -ization
Literally 'turning barren and ruined'. -화 = becoming: 사막화, 도시화.
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Verb forms: 황폐화되다 'to become devastated'; 황폐화시키다 'to devastate'.
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