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(adj) bleak, bare, barren, stark
providing no shelter or sustenance
bare rocky hills; barren lands; the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes; the desolate surface of the moon; a stark landscape
(verb) devastate, scourge, lay waste to, ravage, waste
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
(verb) depopulate
reduce in population
The epidemic depopulated the countryside
(verb) abandon, forsake, desert
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
The mother deserted her children