To abandon or forsake something.
To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
To deprive of inhabitants.
To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
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.
To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.