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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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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