DESOLATION
\dˌɛsəlˈe͡ɪʃən], \dˌɛsəlˈeɪʃən], \d_ˌɛ_s_ə_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DESOLATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
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A place or country wasted and forsaken.
By Oddity Software
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The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
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A place or country wasted and forsaken.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The state of being desolate; ioneliness; dreariness; afflication.
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A desolate region; a waste.
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The act of making desolate; devastation.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Act of desolating or laying waste;—state of being desolated, laid waste, or ravaged;—a desolate place or country;—havoc; devastation; ravage; sadness; destitution; melancholy; gloom; gloominess.
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Destruction of inhabitants; gloominess, melancholy; a place wasted and forsaken.
By Thomas Sheridan
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