Desolate /(?)/

1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

   I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

   And the silvery marish flowers that throng The desolate creeks and pools among.

2. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
3. Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.

   Have mercy upon, for I am desolate.

   Voice of the poor and desolate.

4. Lost to shame; dissolute. [Obs.]
5. Destitute of; lacking in. [Obs.]

   I were right now of tales desolate.

imp. & p. p. Desolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desolating

1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.

   Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war.