desolation

desolation is a   Noun

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.

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