Thesaurus: desolate

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1. a. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.
2. a. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
3. a. Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
4. a. Lost to shame; dissolute.
5. a. Destitute of; lacking in.
6. v. t. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
7. v. t. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
8. adj. providing no shelter or sustenance
9. adj. crushed by grief
10. v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
11. v. reduce in population
12. v. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly