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desolate, desolate, dissolute
desolate (DES uh layt") (verb)
To lay waste, to make uninhabitable: The people in the village were afraid the severe storm would desolate the countryside.
desolate (DES uh lit) (adjective)
Lonely, solitary; uninhabited, deserted: The story of the desolate castle in the wilderness intrigued the explorers.
dissolute (DIS uh loot") (adjective)
1. Immoral, debauched: Don Giovanni was considered a dissolute but charming individual.
2. A description of someone whose way of living is considered morally wrong: It's sad to say, but Lorene has led a dissolute life as a beggar ever since she left home as a teenager.

The dissolute army officer marched his army through the countryside, planning to desolate it for future farming.

By the time his army reached the sea, a whole swath of countryside was desolate and uninhabitable.

dissolute (adjective), more dissolute, most dissolute
A reference to spending too much time and money on physical pleasures in a way that many people consider immoral and physically harmful: Sam's uncle was a dissolute person who consumed liquor so much that he was almost always drunk.
An immorall person.
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A reference to someone who is not concerned with living a proper life.
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