Noun
a deserted settlement (especially in western United States)
Source: WordNetghost-town
A gold rush would often bring intensive but short-lived economic activity to a remote village, only to leave a ghost town once the resource was depleted. Source: Internet
A gifted inventor and tinkerer, he has wired the old ghost town in the valley below so that he can make it come alive at night with lights and sounds as if it were still inhabited. Source: Internet
Asau, with the Potlatch sawmillers and Samoa Forest Products, was one of the busiest parts of Savai'i in the 1960s and 1970s; however, the departure of Potlatch and the scaling down of the sawmill has left Asau a ghost town in recent years. Source: Internet
A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters. Source: Internet
And the country could be saddled with a toxic ghost town, with pollutants seeping into the ground and surrounding sea. Source: Internet
By mid-day yesterday, central Harare resembled a ghost town as soldiers intimidated law-abiding citizens. Source: Internet