Definition of desolate

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

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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..
Desolated :: Desolated (imp. & p. p.) of Desolat.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute of; lacking in.
Wasteness :: Wasteness (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.
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.
Desolate :: Desolate (v. t.) To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood..
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..
Waste :: Waste (a.) To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.
Ravage :: Ravage (n.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
Waste :: Waste (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless..
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..
Destroyer :: Destroyer (n.) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates..
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.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars..
Vast :: Vast (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
Forwaste :: Forwaste (v. t.) To desolate or lay waste utterly.
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