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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Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars..
Vast :: Vast (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house..
Desolator :: Desolator (n.) Same as Desolater.
Waste :: Waste (a.) To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.
Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
Devastate :: Devastate (v. t.) To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
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.
Destroyer :: Destroyer (n.) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates..
Desolately :: Desolately (adv.) In a desolate manner.
Forwaste :: Forwaste (v. t.) To desolate or lay waste utterly.
Solitary :: Solitary (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert..
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute of; lacking in.
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..
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.
Desolated :: Desolated (imp. & p. p.) of Desolat.
Desolateness :: Desolateness (n.) The state of being desolate.
Wasteness :: Wasteness (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.
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