Desolate
pronunciation: desələt
part of speech: adjective
desolar = ravage ; rack [wrack] ; despoil ; desolate ; lay + waste to.
Example: The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.Example: Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.Example: The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.Example: You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.Example: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.
Desolar synonyms
desert
in spanish: Desierto,
pronunciation: dezɜrt
part of speech: noun
abandon
in spanish: abandonar,
pronunciation: əbændən
part of speech: verb
forsake
in spanish: abandonar,
pronunciation: fɔrseɪk
part of speech: verb
bleak
in spanish: desolado,
pronunciation: blik
part of speech: adjective
bare
in spanish: desnudo,
pronunciation: ber
part of speech: adjective
waste
in spanish: residuos,
pronunciation: weɪst
part of speech: noun, verb
stark
in spanish: rígido,
pronunciation: stɑrk
part of speech: adjective
barren
in spanish: estéril,
pronunciation: bærən
part of speech: adjective
forlorn
in spanish: abandonado,
pronunciation: fɜrlɔrn
part of speech: adjective
lurch
in spanish: estacada,
pronunciation: lɜrtʃ
part of speech: noun, verb
ravage
in spanish: estrago,
pronunciation: rævɪdʒ
part of speech: verb, noun
devastated
in spanish: devastado,
pronunciation: devəsteɪtəd
part of speech: adjective
forsaken
in spanish: abandonado,
pronunciation: fɔrseɪkən
part of speech: adjective
devastate
in spanish: devastar,
pronunciation: devəsteɪt
part of speech: verb
lorn
in spanish: lorn,
pronunciation: lɔrn
part of speech: adjective
disconsolate
in spanish: desconsolado,
pronunciation: dɪskɑnsəleɪt
part of speech: adjective
blasted
in spanish: maldito,
pronunciation: blæstəd
part of speech: adjective
wasted
in spanish: vano,
pronunciation: weɪstəd
part of speech: adjective
ruined
in spanish: arruinado,
pronunciation: ruənd
part of speech: adjective
ravaged
in spanish: devastado,
pronunciation: rævɪdʒd
part of speech: adjective
inconsolable
in spanish: inconsolable,
pronunciation: ɪnkɑnsələbəl
part of speech: adjective
destroyed
in spanish: destruido,
pronunciation: dɪstrɔɪd
part of speech: adjective
inhospitable
in spanish: inhóspito,
pronunciation: ɪnhɑspətəbəl
part of speech: adjective
godforsaken
in spanish: dejado de la mano de dios,
pronunciation: gɑdfɜrsəkən
part of speech: adjective
desolated
in spanish: desolado,
pronunciation: dezəleɪtɪd
part of speech: adjective
depopulate
in spanish: despoblar,
pronunciation: dipɑpjəleɪt
part of speech: verb
unconsolable
in spanish: inconsolable,
pronunciation: ənkɑnsələbəl
part of speech: adjective
lay waste to
in spanish: poner a la basura,
pronunciation: leɪweɪsttu
part of speech: verb