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Meaning of 'desolate'
Meaning of 'desolate' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Desolate 
[ a.]
- Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted;
uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness;
a desolate house. [ a.]- Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
- Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
- Lost to shame; dissolute.
- Destitute of; lacking in.
2. Desolate [ v. t.]
- To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of
inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood. [ v. t.]- To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
Meaning of 'desolate' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. desolate [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
Example in sentence:
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Meaning (2):
- reduce in population
- reduce in population
Example in sentence:
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
Meaning (3):
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
Example in sentence:
- The mother deserted her children
2. desolate [ s]
[ s]Meaning (4):
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- providing no shelter or sustenance
Example in sentence:
- a stark landscape;
- bare rocky hills;
- barren lands;
- the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes;
- the desolate surface of the moon
Meaning (5):
- crushed by grief
- crushed by grief
Example in sentence:
- a low desolate wail;
- depressed and desolate of soul
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