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Nouns
(n)
desert
1
arid land with little or no vegetation
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(n)
desert
2
(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment
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Verbs
(v)
abandon
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forsake
,
desolate
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desert
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
“The mother deserted her children”
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(v)
defect
,
desert
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
“If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot”
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(v)
desert
leave behind
“the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period”
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