"desolation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-desolation.ogg [US] Forms: desolation [singular], desolations [plural]
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  1. Desolation is the process by which a place has the life living in it taken away; it becomes depopulated.
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  2. Desolation is the state of being desolated; ruin, solitariness, destitution, gloominess.
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  3. A desolation is a place that was wasted or forsaken.
    Sense id: simple-desolation-en-noun-dyruusGa
     
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