1. Ravage, ruine, destruction.
2. Affliction, douleur.
ETYM French désolation, Latin desolatio.
1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
2. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
3. A place or country wasted and forsaken.