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Desolation :: Desolation (n.) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.

Desolater :: Desolater (n.) One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

Devastate :: Devastate (v. t.) To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.

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

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

Desolate :: Desolate (v. t.) To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood..

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.) Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house..

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

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

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

Solitary :: Solitary (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert..

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