Desolate

verb
'dɛsələt

Adjective

  • providing no shelter or sustenance

    the desolate surface of the moon

  • crushed by grief

    depressed and desolate of soul

    a low desolate wail

Verb

  • reduce in population

    Similar:Depopulate
    Type of:ShrinkReduce
  • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

    Type of:Leave
  • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

    Similar:DevastateRavageScourgeWaste
    Type of:RuinDestroy

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