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 nounabandon in spanish: abandonar, pronunciation: əbændən verbforsake in spanish: abandonar, pronunciation: fɔrseɪk verbbleak in spanish: desolado, pronunciation: blik adjectivebare in spanish: desnudo, pronunciation: ber adjectivewaste in spanish: residuos, pronunciation: weɪst noun, verbstark in spanish: rígido, pronunciation: stɑrk adjectivebarren in spanish: estéril, pronunciation: bærən adjectiveforlorn in spanish: abandonado, pronunciation: fɜrlɔrn adjectivelurch in spanish: estacada, pronunciation: lɜrtʃ noun, verbravage in spanish: estrago, pronunciation: rævɪdʒ verb, noundevastated in spanish: devastado, pronunciation: devəsteɪtəd adjectiveforsaken in spanish: abandonado, pronunciation: fɔrseɪkən adjectivedevastate in spanish: devastar, pronunciation: devəsteɪt verblorn in spanish: lorn, pronunciation: lɔrn adjectivedisconsolate in spanish: desconsolado, pronunciation: dɪskɑnsəleɪt adjectiveblasted in spanish: maldito, pronunciation: blæstəd adjectivewasted in spanish: vano, pronunciation: weɪstəd adjectiveruined in spanish: arruinado, pronunciation: ruənd adjectiveravaged in spanish: devastado, pronunciation: rævɪdʒd adjectiveinconsolable in spanish: inconsolable, pronunciation: ɪnkɑnsələbəl adjectivedestroyed in spanish: destruido, pronunciation: dɪstrɔɪd adjectiveinhospitable in spanish: inhóspito, pronunciation: ɪnhɑspətəbəl adjectivegodforsaken in spanish: dejado de la mano de dios, pronunciation: gɑdfɜrsəkən adjectivedesolated in spanish: desolado, pronunciation: dezəleɪtɪd adjectivedepopulate in spanish: despoblar, pronunciation: dipɑpjəleɪt verbunconsolable in spanish: inconsolable, pronunciation: ənkɑnsələbəl adjectivelay waste to in spanish: poner a la basura, pronunciation: leɪweɪsttu verb
