desolates
Lays completely waste
Desolates is a verb form meaning to make desolate—to devastate, lay waste, or strip of inhabitants and vitality.
War desolates cities; grief desolates the spirit.
The plague desolated entire regions.
The word carries more weight than simply "destroys," suggesting abandonment and emptiness left behind.
Destructive effects over time
- devastatesDestroys thoroughly and completely
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- destroysCauses complete ruin
- wrecksDestroys completely
lays waste · despoils · annihilates · obliterates · razes · demolishes · blights · depopulates
Feels deep sorrow
- saddensCauses sorrow in
- disheartensCauses loss of hope
- despairsAbandons all expectation
- dismaysUpsets with dread
anguishes · crushes · devastates · heartbroken · forlorn · lonely · sorrowful · morose
ravages
Destructive effects over time
- devastatesDestroys thoroughly and completely
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- destroysCauses complete ruin
wrecks · lays waste · despoils · annihilates · obliterates · razes · demolishes · blights · depopulates · plunders
grieves
Feels deep sorrow
- saddensCauses sorrow in
- disheartensCauses loss of hope
- despairsAbandons all expectation
dismays · anguishes · crushes · devastates · heartbroken · forlorn · lonely · sorrowful · morose · melancholy
forsakes
Renounces or abandons entirely
empties · depopulates · evacuates · clears out · displaces · uproots · scatters · disperses · exiles · banishes
desolatesbuilds
Creates by assembling parts
constructs · creates · rebuilds · restores · reconstructs
- desolate landscapeUninhabited, barren terrain
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