n. [ L. despoliatio. See Despoil. ] A stripping or plundering; spoliation. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. désolation, L. desolatio. ]
Unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Dan. ix. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]
You would have sold your king to slaughter, . . .
And his whole kingdom into desolation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
How is Babylon become a desolation! Jer. l. 23.