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desolate
/ˈdɛsələt/ · 8 letters · 7 distinct letters
- adjective
providing no shelter or sustenance
bare rocky hills
- verb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
The mother deserted her children
- verb
reduce in population
The epidemic depopulated the countryside
- verb
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
- adjective
crushed by grief
depressed and desolate of soul