See desolate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Empty of people:
deserted, forlorn, godforsaken, lonely, lonesome, unfrequented. See fullDark and depressing:
black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dark, dismal, dreary, gloomy, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific. See happy, lightHaving been given up and left alone:
abandoned, bereft, derelict, deserted, forlorn, forsaken, lorn. See keepDejected due to the awareness of being alone:
forlorn, lonely, lonesome, lorn. See happyIn low spirits:
blue, dejected, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, melancholy, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful. Idiom: down at (or in) the mouth. See happy
verb
To destroy completely as or as if by conquering:
devastate, ravage, waste. Idiom: lay waste. See help
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