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desolate s. [
bare, barren, bleak, stark] 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"
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desolate v. [
abandon, forsake, desert] leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
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desolate v. [
depopulate] reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
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desolate s. crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
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desolate v. [
lay waste to, waste, devastate, ravage, scourge] cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
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