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desolation
(encz) | desolation,prázdnota n: Zdeněk Brož |
desolation
(encz) | desolation,pustota n: Zdeněk Brož |
Desolation
(gcide) | Desolation \Des`o*la"tion\, n. [F. d['e]solation, L. desolatio.]
1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of
inhabitants; depopulation.
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Unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
--Dan. ix. 26.
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2. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin;
solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
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You would have sold your king to slaughter, . . .
And his whole kingdom into desolation. --Shak.
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3. A place or country wasted and forsaken.
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How is Babylon become a desolation! --Jer. l. 23.
Syn: Waste; ruin; destruction; havoc; devastation; ravage;
sadness; destitution; melancholy; gloom; gloominess.
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desolation
(wn) | desolation
n 1: the state of being decayed or destroyed [syn:
devastation, desolation]
2: a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the
landscape" [syn: bleakness, desolation, bareness,
nakedness]
3: sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned [syn:
forlornness, loneliness, desolation]
4: an event that results in total destruction [syn:
devastation, desolation] |
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Desolation
(gcide) | Desolation \Des`o*la"tion\, n. [F. d['e]solation, L. desolatio.]
1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of
inhabitants; depopulation.
[1913 Webster]
Unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
--Dan. ix. 26.
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2. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin;
solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
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You would have sold your king to slaughter, . . .
And his whole kingdom into desolation. --Shak.
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3. A place or country wasted and forsaken.
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How is Babylon become a desolation! --Jer. l. 23.
Syn: Waste; ruin; destruction; havoc; devastation; ravage;
sadness; destitution; melancholy; gloom; gloominess.
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