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  • Desolating — Desolate Des o*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desolated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desolating}.] 1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood. [1913 Webster] 2. To lay waste; to ruin; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • desolating — Synonyms and related words: agonizing, baneful, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, consuming, consumptive, deadly, demolishing, demolitionary, depredatory, destroying, destructive, devastating, disastrous, doomful, excruciating,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • desolating — des·o·late || desÉ™lÉ™t v. make miserable; abandon, neglect; deprive of inhabitants, depopulate adj. abandoned, lonesome, neglected; miserable …   English contemporary dictionary

  • desolating — …   Useful english dictionary

  • desolating sacrilege — (NRSV; ‘abomination of desolation’, AV and REB in Mark 13:14; ‘appalling abomination’, NJB). The phrase is used in Dan. 9:27 to denote the pagan altar set up in the Jerusalem Temple by Antiochus Epiphanes in 167 BCE; and in Mark 13:14 it may… …   Dictionary of the Bible

  • desolate — desolates, desolating, desolated (The adjective is pronounced [[t]de̱sələt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]de̱səleɪt[/t]].) 1) ADJ GRADED A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort. ...a desolate landscape of flat green fields… …   English dictionary

  • Desolate — Des o*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desolated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desolating}.] 1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood. [1913 Webster] 2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Desolated — Desolate Des o*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desolated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desolating}.] 1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood. [1913 Webster] 2. To lay waste; to ruin; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Book of Daniel — For other uses, see Book of Daniel (disambiguation). Hebrew Bible …   Wikipedia

  • Abomination of Desolation — Christian eschatology Eschatology views Viewpoints • Preterism • Idealism • Historicism • …   Wikipedia

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