Definition of Desolations

1. Noun. (plural of desolation) ¹

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Definition of Desolations

1. desolation [n] - See also: desolation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Desolations

desocialized
desocializes
desocializing
desogestrel
desolate
desolated
desolately
desolateness
desolatenesses
desolater
desolaters
desolates
desolating
desolatingly
desolation
desolations (current term)
desolator
desolators
desolatory
desolder
desolvate
desolvated
desolvates
desolvating
desolvation
desolvations
desolventizing
desomorphine
desonide
desophisticate

Literary usage of Desolations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"... monstrously heaped around it; yet no more ir langer than a star in the maw of the clouds. BOOK EIGHTH.—ENCHANTMENTS AND desolations. I. — FULL LIGHT. ..."

2. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"... or the majestic desolations of Greece, are certainly not entirely devoid of interest, but excite a feeling of veneration for the memory of those mighty ..."

3. The Military and Naval History of the Rebellion in the United States. With by William Jewett Tenney (1865)
"Bonks in Texas— Operations In Missouri and Arkansas—Operations against the Indians in Minnesota—desolations by the Armies. arrived at Louisville, Ky., ..."

4. The Irish Confederates, and the Rebellion of 1798 by Henry Martyn Field (1851)
"THEIR GREAT WANT THAT OF ABLE OFFICERS.—DEATH ov FITZGERALD.—desolations OF THE WAR. BUT the battle was lost, and with, that went down the cause of the ..."

5. The History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the by J[acob] H[arris] Patton (1867)
"desolations along the Frontiers.—General Bouquet.—Pontiac's Death. THE people of England were not indifferent spectators of these failures ; they noticed ..."

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