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Definition of desolation

an event that results in total destruction
sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
a bleak and desolate atmosphere
the state of being decayed or destroyed

Similar Words: devastation, forlornness, loneliness, bleakness

Hyponyms: ruin, ruination, blight

Derivational Morphology: lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge, depopulate, abandon, forsake, desert

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