desolating

/D EH1 S AH0 L EY0 T IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To deprive of inhabitants.

  2. 2

    To devastate or lay waste somewhere.

  3. 3

    To abandon or forsake something.

  4. 4

    To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

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