Adjective desolated has 1 sense
  1. blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted - made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape"
    Antonym: preserved (indirect, via destroyed)
,Verb desolate has 3 senses
  1. abandon, forsake, desolate, desert - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
    --1 is one way to leave
    Derived form: noun desolation3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. depopulate, desolate - reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
    --2 is one way to shrink, reduce
    Derived form: noun desolation4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge - devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
    --3 is one way to destroy, ruin
    Derived forms: noun desolation2, noun desolation1, noun desolation4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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