providing no shelter or sustenance; bare rocky hills; barren lands; the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes; the desolate surface of the moon; a stark landscape

[ Syn: bare , barren , bleak , stark ]

crushed by grief; depressed and desolate of soul; a low desolate wail'

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; The mother deserted her children

[ Syn: abandon , forsake , desert ]

reduce in population; The epidemic depopulated the countryside

[ Syn: depopulate ]

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

[ Syn: lay waste to , waste , devastate , ravage , scourge ]