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desolatory

desolatory adjective: causing desolation.

Adjective

desolatory (comparative more desolatory, superlative most desolatory)

  1. Causing desolation.

Forms of desolatory

comparativemore desolatory
superlativemost desolatory

Origin of desolatory

From desolate + -ory.

Questions about desolatory

What does desolatory mean?
Desolatory means causing desolation.
What part of speech is desolatory?
Desolatory is an adjective.

Words near desolatory in the dictionary

  1. desolation
  2. Desolation Islands
  3. desolations
  4. desolator
  5. desolators
  6. desolatory
  7. desolder
  8. desoldered
  9. desolderer
  10. desolderers
  11. desoldering

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