definition of
[desolate]

[1] #1 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". wn

[2] #2 desolate v. [abandon, forsake, desert] leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children". wn

[3] #3 desolate v. [depopulate] reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside". wn

[4] #4 desolate s. crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail". wn

[5] #5 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". wn