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English to English adjective
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Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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providing no shelter or sustenance | | Example: bare rocky hills
barren lands
the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
the desolate surface of the moon
a stark landscape
source: wordnet30
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crushed by grief | | Example: depressed and desolate of soul
a low desolate wail
source: wordnet30 verb
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leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | | Example: The mother deserted her children
source: wordnet30
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reduce in population | | Example: The epidemic depopulated the countryside
source: wordnet30
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cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | | Example: The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
source: wordnet30
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To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood. | | source: webster1913
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