Both Uses of
desolate
in
Holes, by Louis Sachar
- The land was barren and desolate.
p. 11.7 *desolate = empty, providing no shelter, water, or food
- Walking across the desolate wasteland, Stanley thought about his great-grandfather, not the pig stealer but the pig stealer's son, the one who was robbed by Kissin' Kate Barlow.
p. 92.5desolate = empty, providing no shelter or sustenance
Definitions:
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(1)
(desolate as in: felt desolate) sad or miserable--and often lonely
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(2)
(desolate as in: a desolate place) empty, providing no shelter or sustenance
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(3)
(desolate as in: desolated the region) destroyed; or emptied of people; or emptied of most plants and animals
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)