- (n.) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
- (n.) A place or country wasted and forsaken.
- (n.) The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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