āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to desolate
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āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻŖā§āĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to make someone feel extremely miserable and unhappy
Transitive: to desolate sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Losing her home in the fire desolated the family.
āĻāĻā§āύ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻžāĻĻāĻā§āϰāϏā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž
to make a place appear bleak, deserted, or abandoned
Transitive: to desolate a place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The harsh winter winds desolated the small village, stripping trees of their leaves.
āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āĻļā§āϤāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause widespread and complete destruction
Transitive: to desolate sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The war desolated the countryside, with villages completely wiped out.
āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻāϞāĻā§ āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāϰā§āĻĒā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to forsake or abandon a place or person
Transitive: to desolate a person or place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She desolated the garden, no longer caring for the plants she once tended.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāύāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻāϰ āϏā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϰ āϝāϤā§āύ āύā§āύ āύāĻž āϝā§āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϝāϤā§āύ āύāĻŋāϤā§āύāĨ¤
desolate
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the war, the once-thriving city became desolate, with empty streets and dilapidated buildings.
āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻāĻāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻļāĻšāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāĻā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻš āĻāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The desolate widow sat by the window, staring out at the empty street with tears in her eyes.
āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāύ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāϞ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
desolation
desolate
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