desolate
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "desolate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻŖā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone feel extremely miserable and unhappy
Transitive: to desolate sb
to desolate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Losing her home in the fire desolated the family.
āφāϗ⧁āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻžāĻĻāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāϜāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a place appear bleak, deserted, or abandoned
Transitive: to desolate a place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The harsh winter winds desolated the small village, stripping trees of their leaves.
āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻļā§€āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āωāϜāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāϜāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause widespread and complete destruction
Transitive: to desolate sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The war desolated the countryside, with villages completely wiped out.
āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻžā§āϚāϞāϕ⧇ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to forsake or abandon a place or person
Transitive: to desolate a person or place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She desolated the garden, no longer caring for the plants she once tended.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āφāϰ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ āύ⧇āύ āύāĻž āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāϜāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤ

(of a place) lacking inhabitants or signs of life, often causing a sense of loneliness or abandonment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the war, the once-thriving city became desolate, with empty streets and dilapidated buildings.
āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§ƒāĻĻā§āϧ āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϜāϰāĻžāĻœā§€āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻš āωāϜāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ, āĻāĻ•āĻžāϕ⧀

feeling very lonely and sad
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The desolate widow sat by the window, staring out at the empty street with tears in her eyes.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻŦāĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇ āϜāϞ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤

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