desolate
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desolate Definition
(s)
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
"
(s)
pitiable
in
circumstances
especially
through
abandonment
; "
desolate
and
despairing
"; "
left
forlorn
"
(s)
crushed
by
grief
; "
depressed
and
desolate
of
soul
"; "
a
low
desolate
wail
"
(s)
made
uninhabitable
; "
upon
this
blasted
heath
"-
Shakespeare
; "
a
wasted
landscape
"
(v)
leave
someone
who
needs
or
counts
on
you
;
leave
in
the
lurch
; "
The
mother
deserted
her
children
"
(v)
reduce
in
population
; "
The
epidemic
depopulated
the
countryside
"
(v)
devastate
or
ravage
; "
The
enemy
lay
waste
to
the
countryside
after
the
invasion
"
desolate Synonyms
abandon
bare
barren
blasted
bleak
depopulate
desert
desolate
desolated
devastate
devastated
forlorn
forsake
godforsaken
lay waste to
lorn
ravage
ravaged
ruined
scourge
stark
waste
wasted
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