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Definitions for: Desolation [n] an event that results in total destruction
[n] sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
[n] a bleak and desolate atmosphere
[n] the state of being decayed or destroyed
Webster (1913) Definition: Des`o*la"tion, n. [F. d['e]solation, L. desolatio.]
1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of
inhabitants; depopulation.
Unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
--Dan. ix. 26.
2. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin;
solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
You would have sold your king to slaughter, . . .
And his whole kingdom into desolation. --Shak.
3. A place or country wasted and forsaken.
How is Babylon become a desolation! --Jer. l. 23.
Syn: Waste; ruin; destruction; havoc; devastation; ravage;
sadness; destitution; melancholy; gloom; gloominess.
Synonyms: bleakness, devastation, devastation, forlornness, loneliness
See Also: blight, deterioration, gloom, gloominess, glumness, impairment, ruin, ruin, ruination, ruination, sadness, unhappiness
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