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# desolate, desolation, deserted
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# desolate, desolated, desolation, desolations, deserted, desolator
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## Definition:
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* If a city is “made desolate” it means that its buildings and goods have been destroyed or stolen, and its people have been killed or captured. The city becomes “empty” and “ruined.” This is similar to the meaning of “devastate” or “devastated,” but with more emphasis on the emptiness.
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* A “desolate land” or “wilderness” was often where outcasts (such as lepers) and dangerous animals lived.
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* Depending on the context, this term could be translated as “ruined” or “destroyed” or “laid waste” or “abandoned” or “deserted.”
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* A “desolator” is one who causes desolation.
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(See also: [desert](../other/desert.md), [devastate](../other/devastated.md), [ruin](../other/ruin.md), [waste](../other/waste.md))
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