desolate

Adjective
  1. Providing no shelter or sustenance (synset 301245624)
    "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
    similar to: inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth
    same as: bare, barren, bleak, stark
  2. Crushed by grief (synset 301235380)
    "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
    similar to: disconsolate, inconsolable, unconsolable - sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
Verb
  1. Leave someone who needs or counts on you;
    Leave in the lurch (synset 200615748)
    "The mother deserted her children"
    is a type of: leave - go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
    subtypes:
    • expose - abandon by leaving out in the open air
    • walk out - leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval
    • ditch - forsake
    • maroon, strand - leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
    same as: abandon, desert, forsake
  2. Reduce in population (synset 200532382)
    "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
    is a type of: reduce, shrink - reduce in size; reduce physically
    same as: depopulate
  3. Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (synset 200389306)
    "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
    is a type of: destroy, ruin - destroy completely; damage irreparably
    subtypes: ruin - reduce to ruins
    same as: devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste

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