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Desolate :: Desolate (v. t.) To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city..

Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.

Desolately :: Desolately (adv.) In a desolate manner.

Maroon :: Maroon (v. t.) To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.

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..

Desolated :: Desolated (imp. & p. p.) of Desolat.

Destroyer :: Destroyer (n.) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates..

Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.

Desolateness :: Desolateness (n.) The state of being desolate.

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..

Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

Desolator :: Desolator (n.) Same as Desolater.

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..

Forwaste :: Forwaste (v. t.) To desolate or lay waste utterly.

Waste :: Waste (a.) To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.

Waste :: Waste (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless..

Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Lonely; solitary; desolate.

Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute of; lacking in.

Vast :: Vast (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.

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