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Webster 1913 Edition
Desolation
Desˊo-la′tion
,Noun.
[F.
désolation
, 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
And his whole kingdom into
desolation
. Shakespeare
3.
A place or country wasted and forsaken.
Syn. – Waste; ruin; destruction; havoc; devastation; ravage; sadness; destitution; melancholy; gloom; gloominess.
Webster 1828 Edition
Desolation
DESOLATION
, n.1.
The act of desolating destruction or expulsion of inhabitants; destruction; ruin; waste.Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. Matt. 12.
2.
A place deprived of inhabitants, or otherwise wasted, ravaged and ruined.How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations. Jer. 50.
3.
A desolate state; gloominess; sadness; destitution.The abomination of desolation, Roman armies which ravaged and destroyed Jerusalem. Matt. 24.
Definition 2024
desolation
desolation
See also: désolation
English
Noun
desolation (plural desolations)
- The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
- The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
- A place or country wasted and forsaken.