desolate vs give the go-by

desolate

verb
  • To abandon or forsake something. 

  • To devastate or lay waste somewhere. 

  • To deprive of inhabitants. 

  • To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless. 

adj
  • Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc. 

  • Barren and lifeless. 

  • Dismal or dreary. 

  • Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. 

  • Sad, forlorn and hopeless. 

give the go-by

verb
  • To avoid dealing with; to disregard, ignore. 

  • To snub (someone); to end a relationship. 

How often have the words desolate and give the go-by occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )