Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war.
Sparks.
Des"o*late*ly (?), adv. In a desolate manner.
Des"o*late*ness, n. The state of being desolate.
Des"o*la`ter (?), n. One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste. Mede.
Des`o*la"tion (?), n. [F. désolation, L. desolatio.] 1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
Unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Dan. ix. 26.
2. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
You would have sold your king to slaughter, . . .
And his whole kingdom into desolation.
Shak.