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Verbs
(v)
abandon
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forsake
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desolate
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desert
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
“The mother deserted her children”
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(v)
depopulate
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desolate
reduce in population
“The epidemic depopulated the countryside”
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(v)
lay waste to
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waste
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devastate
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desolate
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ravage
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scourge
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
“The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion”
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Adjectives
(s)
bare
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barren
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bleak
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desolate
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stark
providing no shelter or sustenance
“bare rocky hills”
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“barren lands”
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“the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes”
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“the desolate surface of the moon”
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“a stark landscape”
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(s)
desolate
crushed by grief
“depressed and desolate of soul”
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“a low desolate wail”
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