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Definition of Desolate
1. Adjective. Providing no shelter or sustenance. "A stark landscape"
Similar to: Inhospitable
Derivative terms: Bareness, Barren, Barrenness, Bleakness, Starkness
2. Verb. Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch. "Sam cannot desolate Sue "; "The mother deserted her children"
Generic synonyms: Leave
Specialized synonyms: Expose, Walk Out, Ditch, Maroon, Strand
Derivative terms: Abandonment, Deserter, Deserter, Desertion, Desolation, Forsaking
3. Adjective. Crushed by grief. "A low desolate wail"
4. Verb. Reduce in population. "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
Generic synonyms: Reduce, Shrink
Derivative terms: Depopulation, Desolation
5. Verb. Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly. "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
Generic synonyms: Destroy, Ruin
Specialized synonyms: Ruin
Derivative terms: Desolation, Desolation, Desolation, Devastation, Devastation, Devastation, Devastation, Ravage, Ravaging, Scourge, Waster
Definition of Desolate
1. a. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.
2. v. t. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
Definition of Desolate
1. Adjective. Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. ¹
2. Adjective. Barren and lifeless. ¹
3. Adjective. Made unfit for habitation or use. ¹
4. Adjective. Dismal or dreary. ¹
5. Adjective. Sad, forlorn and hopeless. ¹
6. Verb. To deprive of inhabitants. ¹
7. Verb. To devastate or lay waste somewhere. ¹
8. Verb. To abandon or forsake something. ¹
9. Verb. To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Desolate
1. to lay waste [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]
Medical Definition of Desolate
1. 1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood. 2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city. "Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war." (Sparks) Origin: Desolated; Desolating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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