desolate

Words with a similar base: desolate

'desolate'

[abandon.v.05] as in: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

Examples:
The mother deserted her children

'desolate'

[depopulate.v.01] as in: reduce in population

Examples:
The epidemic depopulated the countryside

'desolate'

[lay_waste_to.v.01] as in: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

Examples:
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

'desolate'

[bare.s.06] as in: providing no shelter or sustenance

Examples:
bare rocky hills
barren lands
the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
the desolate surface of the moon
a stark landscape

'desolate'

[desolate.s.02] as in: crushed by grief

Examples:
depressed and desolate of soul
a low desolate wail

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