desolator
Variant of desolate
desolate
Definition
deso·late (des′ə lit; for v., -lāt′)
adjective
- left alone; lonely; solitary
- uninhabited; deserted
- made uninhabitable; laid waste; in a ruinous state
- forlorn; wretched
Etymology: ME desolat < L desolatus, pp. of desolare, to leave alone, forsake, strip of inhabitants < de-, intens. + solare, to make lonely < solus, sole
transitive verb desolated -·lat′ed, desolating -·lat′·ing
- to make desolate; rid of inhabitants
- to make uninhabitable; lay waste; devastate
- to forsake; abandon
- to make forlorn, wretched, etc.
Etymology: ME desolaten < the adj.
Related Forms:
- desolately des′o·lately adverb
- desolateness des′o·late·ness noun
- desolator des′o·la′·tor noun or desolater des′o·lat′er
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