desolate, v.
(desolated, desolates, desolating)
(desolated, desolates, desolating)
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
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desolate devastate lay waste to ravage scourge waste
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"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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reduce in population
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depopulate desolate
sample sentences
"The epidemic depopulated the countryside"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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hypernym
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
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abandon desert desolate forsake
sample sentences
"The mother deserted her children"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue
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Something ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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