desolate

  1. Adjective.  Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
  2. Adjective.  Barren and lifeless.
  3. Adjective.  Made unfit for habitation or use.
  4. Adjective.  Dismal or dreary.
  5. Adjective.  Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
  6. Verb.  To deprive somewhere of inhabitants; to devastate or lay waste somewhere; to abandon or forsake something; to make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

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