Hypertext Webster Gateway: "desolating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Desolate \Des"o*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desolated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Desolating}.]
1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of
inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the
flood.
2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a
city.
Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war.
--Sparks.
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