DESOLATE

(verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
synonyms : devastate , lay waste to , ravage , scourge , waste
The cyclone ravaged the whole city -added by sradha_inlas
totally desolated the city with aerial bombs -added by nithi
(verb) reduce in population
"The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
synonyms : depopulate
(verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
"The mother deserted her children"
synonyms : abandon , desert , forsake
destitute and desolate since her husband walked out on her -added by nithi
(adj.) crushed by grief
"depressed and desolate of soul", "a low desolate wail"
a desolate house abandoned many years ago -added by nithi
(adj.) 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"
synonyms : bare , barren , bleak , stark
The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes provided him no shelter. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for desolate

(Tag: ) de + solate sounds like I + SOLATE..and who lives an isolated life? Obviously a person who has been ABANDONED by his family.
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(Tag: English) DE+SO+LATE = If DESis are always late (like always ;)) then the country will remain robbed of joy; lay waste to corruption; etc...
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(Tag: ) I-SOLATE. Being the last survior after the destruction.
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(Tag: ) desolate: de(the) + sol (solution) + ate (eaten); The solution of the examination destroyed, Therefore we are unhappy.
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