desolate

/'desəlit/
Adjective
  1. crushed by grief
    • depressed and desolate of soul
    • a low desolate wail
  2. 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
  1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
    • The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
  2. reduce in population
    • The epidemic depopulated the countryside
  3. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
    • The mother deserted her children

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A lone traveler stands on a desolate, windswept plain.