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Wasteness :: Wasteness (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.

Forwaste :: Forwaste (v. t.) To desolate or lay waste utterly.

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.

Desolate :: Desolate (v. t.) To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city..

Ruin :: Ruin (n.) That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like..

Solitary :: Solitary (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert..

Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute of; lacking in.

Desolateness :: Desolateness (n.) The state of being desolate.

De- :: De- () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc..

Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

Desolator :: Desolator (n.) Same as Desolater.

Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars..

Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Lonely; solitary; desolate.

Desolater :: Desolater (n.) One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste..

Desert :: Desert (a.) Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island..

Destroyer :: Destroyer (n.) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates..

Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.

Vast :: Vast (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.

Waste :: Waste (v.) That which is wasted or desolate; a devastated, uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a wilderness..

Desolated :: Desolated (imp. & p. p.) of Desolat.

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