[ verb ]
■ cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
→
devastate
,
lay waste to
,
ravage
,
scourge
,
waste
[ verb ]
■ reduce in population
→
depopulate
[ verb ]
■ leave someone who needs or counts on you
■ leave in the lurch
→
abandon
,
desert
,
forsake
[ adjective satellite ]
■ crushed by grief
e.g.)
・depressed and desolate of soul
・a low desolate wail
[ adjective satellite ]
■ providing no shelter or sustenance
e.g.)
・the desolate surface of the moon
→
bare
,
barren
,
bleak
,
stark
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