Hyphenation of desolates

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word desolates? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

des-o-lates

Definitions of desolates:

1.	Leave someone who needs or counts on you Leave in the lurch The mother deserted her children
2.	Reduce in population The epidemic depopulated the countryside
3.	Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
4.	Providing no shelter or sustenance Bare rocky hills Barren lands The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes The desolate surface of the moon A stark landscape
5.	Crushed by grief Depressed and desolate of soul A low desolate wail

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