Word: desolate
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To deprive of inhabitants.
To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
To abandon or forsake something.
To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. Example: a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house
Barren and lifeless.
Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc. Example: desolate altars
Dismal or dreary.
Sad, forlorn and hopeless. Example: He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.
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