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OLATE, v.t. [L. To lay waste, alone.]

1. To deprive of inhabitants; to make desert. The earth was nearly desolated by the flood.

2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; to destroy improvements or works of art. An inundation desolates fields. Whole countries have been desolated by armies.

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