| singular | plural |
| Infinitive | | |
| desolate | |
| present simple | | |
| 1 | I desolate | we desolate |
| 2 | you desolate | you desolate |
| 3 | he/she/it desolates | they desolate |
| past simple | | |
| 1 | I desolated | we desolated |
| 2 | you desolated | you desolated |
| 3 | he/she/it desolated | they desolated |
| future simple | | |
| 1 | I will/shall desolate | we will/shall desolate |
| 2 | you will/shall desolate | you will/shall desolate |
| 3 | he/she/it will/shall desolate | they will/shall desolate |
| conditional simple | | |
| 1 | I would desolate | we would desolate |
| 2 | you would desolate | you would desolate |
| 3 | he/she/it would desolate | they would desolate |
| present continuous | | |
| 1 | I am desolating | we are desolating |
| 2 | you are desolating | you are desolating |
| 3 | he/she/it is desolating | they are desolating |
| past continuous | | |
| 1 | I was desolating | we were desolating |
| 2 | you were desolating | you were desolating |
| 3 | he/she/it was desolating | they were desolating |
| future continuous | | |
| 1 | I will be desolating | we will be desolating |
| 2 | you will be desolating | you will be desolating |
| 3 | he/she/it will be desolating | they will be desolating |
| conditional continuous | | |
| 1 | I would be desolating | we would be desolating |
| 2 | you would be desolating | you would be desolating |
| 3 | he/she/it would be desolating | they would be desolating |
| present perfect | | |
| 1 | I have desolated | we have desolated |
| 2 | you have desolated | you have desolated |
| 3 | he/she/it has desolated | they have desolated |
| past perfect | | |
| 1 | I had desolated | we had desolated |
| 2 | you had desolated | you had desolated |
| 3 | he/she/it had desolated | they had desolated |
| future perfect | | |
| 1 | I will have desolated | we will have desolated |
| 2 | you will have desolated | you will have desolated |
| 3 | he/she/it will have desolated | they will have desolated |
| conditional perfect | | |
| 1 | I would have desolated | we would have desolated |
| 2 | you would have desolated | you would have desolated |
| 3 | he/she/it would have desolated | they would have desolated |