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desolate
('d/E/s/@/l/@/t )

adjective (a)

  • Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • providing no shelter or sustenance(adj.all)
    Example:
    The desolate surface of the moon.
    Synonym:
    bare, barren, bleak, stark
    source: wordnet30
  • crushed by grief(adj.all)
    Example:
    Depressed and desolate of soul.
    A low desolate wail.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch(verb.cognition)
    Synonym:
    abandon, desert, forsake
    source: wordnet30
  • reduce in population(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    depopulate
    source: wordnet30
  • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste
    source: wordnet30
  • To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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