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

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

Wasteness :: Wasteness (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.

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..

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

Desert :: Desert (a.) Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island..

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

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

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

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

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.

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

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..

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

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

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..

Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Lost to shame; dissolute.

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

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