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noun
1.
an act or instance of desolating.
2.
the state of being desolated.
3.
devastation; ruin.
5.
EXPANDdreariness; barrenness.
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Desolation
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Example Sentences
- The views are stunning, as much for the austere grandeur as for the suffocating sense of desolation.
- It left the entire nation reeling in desolation and deep grief.
- Other members of the procession look downward in moods of desolation.
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Word Origin & History
desolation
late 14c., "action of laying waste," also "sorrow, grief," from Fr. désolation (12c.), from L. desolationem, noun of action from desolare (see desolate). Meaning "condition of being ruined or wasted" is from early 15c.
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