ˈbæɹən diːˈpɒpjəleɪt dɪˈzɜːt dɪˈzɝt ˈdɛvəsteɪt fɔːˈseɪk fɔɹˈseɪk

ˈɹævɪdʒ skɜːdʒ skɝdʒ cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion reduce in population The epidemic depopulated the countryside leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch The mother deserted her children crushed by grief depressed and desolate of soul a low desolate wail 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