Desolate
Desolate , adjective
[Latin desolatus, past participle of desolare to leave alone, forsake; de- + solare to make lonely, solus alone. See Sole, a.]
1.
Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.
I will make Jerusalem... a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
And the silvery marish flowers that throng
The desolate creeks and pools among.
2.
Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
3.
Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
Have mercy upon, for I am desolate.
Voice of the poor and desolate.
4.
Lost to shame; dissolute. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
5.
Destitute of; lacking in. [Obsolete]
I were right now of tales desolate.
Desolate , transitive verb
1.
To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
2.
To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war.