Desolation
Pronunciation : Des`o*la"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. d?solation, L. desolatio.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913