DESOLATE (2)

desolate (2). Desolate, a. laid waste, left, solitary, uninhabited

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Des″o‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desolating.] 1. 1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
2. 2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war. Sparks.