Definition of desolate

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

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Maroon :: Maroon (v. t.) To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
Desolateness :: Desolateness (n.) The state of being desolate.
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..
Destroyer :: Destroyer (n.) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates..
Desolate :: Desolate (v. t.) To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city..
Vast :: Vast (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars..
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..
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.
Wasteness :: Wasteness (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.
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..
Solitary :: Solitary (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert..
Forwaste :: Forwaste (v. t.) To desolate or lay waste utterly.
Desolation :: Desolation (n.) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute of; lacking in.
Desolater :: Desolater (n.) One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste..
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Lost to shame; dissolute.
Waste :: Waste (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless..
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