DESOLATION
Des`o*la"tion, n. Etym: [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 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.
DESOLATOR
Des"o*la`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Same as Desolater. Byron.
DESOLATORY
Des"o*la*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. desolatorius.]
Defn: Causing desolation. [R.] Bp. Hall.
DESOPHISTICATE
De`so*phis"ti*cate, v. t.