desolation

1. n. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. Source: opted

2. n. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess. Source: opted

3. n. A place or country wasted and forsaken. Source: opted

4. n. the state of being decayed or destroyed Source: wordnet

5. n. a bleak and desolate atmosphere Source: wordnet

6. n. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned Source: wordnet

7. n. an event that results in total destruction Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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 Source: ecdict

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