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

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

Ravage :: Ravage (n.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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