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desolate

British pronunciation/dˈɛsələt/
American pronunciation/ˈdɛsəˌɫeɪt/, /ˈdɛsəɫət/, /ˈdɛzəɫət/
desolate
[ADJECTIVE]
1

(of places) lacking inhabitants or signs of life, often causing a sense of loneliness or abandonment

synonyms : bare
barren
bleak
stark
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2

feeling very lonely and sad

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to desolate
[VERB]
MAIN VERB
1

reduce in population

synonyms : depopulate
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2

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

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3

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

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Examples
1. We'll be up a creek if the car dies on that desolate road ahead.
2. Chinatown was desolate.
3. Fortunately, the district, home to many office buildings and Brazil’s famous Municipal Theater, was pretty desolate due to the late hour of the collapse.
4. - It was desolate.
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