DESOLATION, n.
1. The act of desolating destruction or expulsion of inhabitants destruction ruin waste.
Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. Matthew 12 .
2. A place deprived of inhabitants, or otherwise wasted, ravaged and ruined.
How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations. Jeremiah 50 .
3. A desolate state gloominess sadness destitution.
The abomination of desolation, Roman armies which ravaged and destroyed Jerusalem. Matthew 24 .
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