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desolate

/'dɛsələt/

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verb
reduce in population
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depopulate

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shrink reduce
adjective
providing no shelter or sustenance
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"the desolate surface of the moon"

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bare barren bleak stark inhospitable
verb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
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abandon desert forsake

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leave
verb
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
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devastate lay waste to ravage scourge waste

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ruin destroy
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crushed by grief
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"depressed and desolate of soul" "a low desolate wail"

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disconsolate unconsolable inconsolable

Definition that contains desolate

waste located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
wild located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
godforsaken located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
desolation a bleak and desolate atmosphere
nakedness a bleak and desolate atmosphere
bleakness a bleak and desolate atmosphere
bareness a bleak and desolate atmosphere
gothic romance a romance that deals with desolate and mysterious and grotesque events