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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Desolation \Des`o*la"tion\, n. [F. d['e]solation, L. desolatio.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: desolation n 1: the state of being decayed or destroyed [syn: {devastation}, {ruin}] 2: a bleak and desolate atmosphere [syn: {bleakness}] 3: sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned [syn: {forlornness}, {loneliness}] 4: an event that results in total destruction [syn: {devastation}]
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