desolate
/dˈɛsʌlʌt/
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
Adjective Satellite
crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
Verb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
Verb
reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
Verb
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"