Definition of desolate

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Desolate (a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars..

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Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
Waste :: Waste (v.) That which is wasted or desolate; a devastated, uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a wilderness..
Waste :: Waste (a.) To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute of; lacking in.
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.
Forwaste :: Forwaste (v. t.) To desolate or lay waste utterly.
Wasteness :: Wasteness (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.
Ruin :: Ruin (n.) That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like..
Ravage :: Ravage (n.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars..
De- :: De- () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc..
Destroyer :: Destroyer (n.) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates..
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
Desolator :: Desolator (n.) Same as Desolater.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Lost to shame; dissolute.
Desolateness :: Desolateness (n.) The state of being desolate.
Solitary :: Solitary (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert..
Desolate :: Desolate (v. t.) To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood..
Desolater :: Desolater (n.) One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste..
Desolately :: Desolately (adv.) In a desolate manner.
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