Des`o*la"tion (?), n. [F. désolation, L. desolatio.] 1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

Unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

2. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.

You would have sold your king to slaughter, . . .
And his whole kingdom into desolation.

3. A place or country wasted and forsaken.

How is Babylon become a desolation!

Syn. -- Waste; ruin; destruction; havoc; devastation; ravage; sadness; destitution; melancholy; gloom; gloominess.

• The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
  
• The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
  
• A place or country wasted and forsaken.