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Definition of desolate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

desolate

verb

NAmE//ˈdɛsəˌleɪt//

[usually passive] desolate somebody (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they desolate

he / she / it desolates

past simple desolated

-ing form desolating

to make someone feel sad and without hope She had been desolated by the death of her friend.

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