desolate
verb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
“The mother deserted her children”
reduce in population
“The epidemic depopulated the countryside”
Synonymsdepopulatecause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
“The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion”
adjective
providing no shelter or sustenance
“bare rocky hills”
“barren lands”
crushed by grief
“depressed and desolate of soul”
“a low desolate wail”
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University