desolate

1. a. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house. Source: opted

2. a. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars. Source: opted

3. a. Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless. Source: opted

4. a. Lost to shame; dissolute. Source: opted

5. a. Destitute of; lacking in. Source: opted

6. v. t. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood. Source: opted

7. v. t. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city. Source: opted

8. adj. providing no shelter or sustenance Source: wordnet

9. adj. crushed by grief Source: wordnet

10. v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch Source: wordnet

11. v. reduce in population Source: wordnet

12. v. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly Source: wordnet

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