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DESOLATE

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3 senses for desolate as a Verb:

Synonyms:
- Abandon
- Forsake
- Desolate
- Desert
Definitions:
- leave someone who needs or counts on you
- leave in the lurch
Examples:
- The mother deserted her children
Synonyms:
- Depopulate
- Desolate
Definitions:
- reduce in population
Examples:
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
Synonyms:
- Lay waste to
- Waste
- Devastate
- Desolate
- Ravage
- Scourge
Definitions:
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
Examples:
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

2 senses for desolate as an Adjective:

Synonyms:
- Bare
- Barren
- Bleak
- Desolate
- Stark
Definitions:
- providing no shelter or sustenance
Examples:
- Bare rocky hills
- Barren lands
- The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
- The desolate surface of the moon
- A stark landscape
Antonyms:
- Hospitable
Synonyms:
- Desolate
Definitions:
- crushed by grief
Examples:
- Depressed and desolate of soul
- A low desolate wail
Antonyms:
- Consolable

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