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Verb
S:
(v)
abandon
,
forsake
,
desolate
,
desert
(leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch)
"The mother deserted her children"
S:
(v)
depopulate
,
desolate
(reduce in population)
"The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
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derivationally related form
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S:
(v)
lay waste to
,
waste
,
devastate
,
desolate
,
ravage
,
scourge
(cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly)
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
bare
,
barren
,
bleak
,
desolate
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stark
(providing no shelter or sustenance)
"bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
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S:
(adj)
desolate
(crushed by grief)
"depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"