Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; desert; uninhabited; denoting either stripped of inhabitants, or never having been inhabitated; as a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness. I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jeremiah 9:11.

Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as desolate altars; desolate towers. Ezek. Zeph.

Solitary; without a companion; afflicted. Tamar remained desolate in Absaloms house. 2 Samuel 13:20.

Deserted of God; deprived of comfort. My heart within me is desolate. Psalm 143:4.&

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

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.