Thesaurus: desolation

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1. n. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
2. n. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
3. n. A place or country wasted and forsaken.
4. n. the state of being decayed or destroyed
5. n. a bleak and desolate atmosphere
6. n. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
7. n. an event that results in total destruction
8. 1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. Unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Dan. ix. 26. 2. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess. You would have sold your king to slaughter, . . . And his whole kingdom into desolation. Shak. 3. A place or country wasted and forsaken. How is Babylon become a desolation! Jer. l. 23. Syn. -- Waste; ruin; destruction; havoc; devastation; ravage; sadness; destitution; melancholy; gloom; gloominess.
9. n:100 n the state of being decayed or destroyed n a bleak and desolate atmosphere n sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned n an event that results in total destruction