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| • | Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house. |
| • | Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars. |
| • | Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless. |
| • | Lost to shame; dissolute. |
| • | Destitute of; lacking in. |
| • | To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood. |
| • | To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city. |