Word of the Day: DESOLATE

Empty, abandoned, or alone

desolate (adj) - lonely or deserted; barren; dismal [des-uh-lit]

BREAKDOWN: DE- (completely) + SOL- (alone) + -ATE (being)

• desolate as a verb [des-uh-leyt] means to empty a place of inhabitants or signs of life

• desolation is a complete state of emptiness, loneliness, or misery

See also: solipsism

“I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.” —William Tecumseh Sherman