Definitions from Wiktionary (desolate)

▸ verb:  To deprive of inhabitants.
▸ verb:  To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
▸ verb:  To abandon or forsake something.
▸ verb:  To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
▸ adjective:  Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
▸ adjective:  Barren and lifeless.
▸ adjective:  Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.
▸ adjective:  Dismal or dreary.
▸ adjective:  Sad, forlorn and hopeless.

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