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— English words —

• desolation n. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
• desolation n. The state of being desolated or laid waste.
• desolation n. A place or country wasted and forsaken.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle french
  • desolation n. Desolation; destruction; annihilation.

— English words, defined in German —

• desolation S. Verwüstung, Verödung.
• desolation S. Verlassenheit, Einsamkeit.
• desolation S. Trostlosigkeit, Elend.

— English word, defined in French —

• desolation n. Désolation.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• desolation s. Desolação.

— In French —

• désolation n.f. Extrême affliction.
• désolation n.f. (Par hyperbole) Simple contrariété.
• désolation n.f. (Autrefois) Action de transformer une région, une ville…

22 English words from 4 English definitions

act and annihilation being country depopulation desolated desolating Desolation destruction forsaken inhabitants laid laid␣waste laying laying␣waste place state state␣of␣being The waste wasted

6 English words from 8 foreign definitions

Action affliction hyperbole Par Simple transformer

13 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

Autrefois contrariété Desolação Désolation Einsamkeit Elend Extrême région Trostlosigkeit une Verlassenheit Verwüstung ville

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

desolations Desolation␣Islands

36 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

-ation des dEs Des DEs DES des- deso DeSola ESO ESOL ion Ion -ion lat LAT lat. Lat. lation ola Ola -ola olation sol Sol SOL -sol Sol. S.O.L. sola Sola solation tio Tio tion -tion

30 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Alo alose ita ITA ital Ital ital. Ital. Italo italo- Italo- LOs LOS los' lose Lose losed NOI noit OIt OIT Oita Ōita OSE -ose sed SED Tal talo- talose

9 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

consolidate dedolations deisolation delocations desolations desolvation devotionals nonisolated Old␣Etonians

8 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

delations dial␣tones indolates insolated loadstone Toledanos Toledoans tonalised

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

dedolation

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

deisolation desolvation

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