Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who desolates or lays waste; that which desolates. Also spelled
desolater .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
desolater .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
desolater .
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Examples
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Bhishma, the desolator of foes, killing ten thousand charioteers every day in the field of battle, had not slain any amongst the Pandavas then, O
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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When I heard that Bhishma, the desolator of foes, killing ten thousand charioteers every day in the field of battle, had not slain any amongst the Pandavas then, O Sanjaya, I had no hope of success.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Karna the desolator of hostile armies fought for two days; and Salya for half a day.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Kama the desolator of hostile armies fought for two days; and Salya for half a day.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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He will make a firm covenant with many for a week, and for half a week he shall cause sacrifice and oblation to cease, and instead thereof the abomination that makes desolate, and that until the consummation and that which is determined be poured upon the desolator.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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But I was not aware when there alighted among us the terminator of delights and the separator of companions, the desolator of abodes and the ravager of inhabited mansions, the destroyer of the great and the small and the infants and the children and the mothers.
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Will not the great Father and God make them and me reparation in the final award of mercy to the victim, and of justice to the cruel desolator?
The Experience of Rev. Thomas H. Jones, Who Was a Slave for Forty-Three Years. Written by a Friend, as Related to Him by Brother Jones Thomas H. Jones 1885
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Perhaps both interpretations of the whole passage may be in part true; the Roman desolator, Titus, being a type of
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Will not the Great Father and God make them and me reparation in the final award of mercy to the victim, and of Justice to the cruel desolator?
Thomas Jones. The Experience of Thomas H.Jones, who was a Slave forForty-Three Years. 1862
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"I am Day the lifegiver, you Night the desolator," replied Day, bitterly.
Parables From Nature 1857
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