to desert
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4.2
- verb
- /dɪˈzɜrt/
:
abandonar
- When she needed support the most, he decided to desert her, leaving her to face the challenges alone.
- desert their wives
- father deserted
- men desert
I cannot believe they deserted Afghanistan.
- I cannot believe they deserted Afghanistan.
- And by the way, if a better store comes along, then they will desert you in droves.
- But the unit falls apart in a mutiny, and he deserts and makes his way home to Louisiana.
- And they about a year after the, the lab was started, they all deserted.
- Our self esteem can also be invisible at times and can feel like it's deserting us at times, right?
- It's about Bowe Bergdahl, who we know deserted.
- Their gods deserted them, leaving little to ring between their hands.
- If I could get word to my husband, who has seen fit to desert me here, to leave me in the hands of incompetence.
- But he says in lying, the man wills to desert uprightness for the sake of his life.
- Then the glow faded, each like deserted, deserting her with lingering regret, like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk.
- And as the Jeep was coming up towards us, I noticed that the escort I had had run deserted.
Examples
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As Mother said, "Never desert such a man, for he may be unhappy."
Fiction book (1990) -
Your son has deserted you.
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Soldiers begin to desert in growing numbers.
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Soldiers begin to desert in growing numbers.
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I am sure you would desert me.
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Oh, just go ahead, desert me.
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Told the captain I'd desert to do it.
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And by the way, if a better store comes along, then they will desert you in droves.
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I deserted you this week.
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But the unit falls apart in a mutiny, and he deserts and makes his way home to Louisiana.
Synonyms
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1.0
To not take something or someone with you when you go
773
3.1
Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care
38
6.9
To leave someone who needs your help
Leave someone who needs you alone and helpless
Antonyms
Compounds
6
3.8
A very dry area in southern California and nearby states with plants like Joshua trees and animals
4
4.4
A large dry area in northern China and southern Mongolia with few plants and strong winds
3
4.1
A US-led military attack in 1991 that quickly forced Iraq's army out of Kuwait
2
5.9
A large dry region in southwestern Arizona, southeastern California, and northwestern Mexico with many saguaro cacti
- US
1
8.0
A small hopping animal that lives in deserts, often in North America and Mexico, and eats seeds
1
6.0
A large land turtle with a round shell that lives in burrows to escape desert heat
1
7.7
A small plant with a thick swollen stem and bright pink or white flowers grown in warm places
1
6.1
A large dry area of sand in northwest India and southeast Pakistan with little plant life
A desert in northwestern Nevada with a large flat dry lakebed and an annual arts festival
A dry area in southeast California with very hot weather and special desert plants and animals
A desert plant with deep pink, tube-shaped flowers that open in the evening
A nickname for the German general Erwin Rommel who led forces in North Africa during World War II
- US
A low shrub that grows in salty, dry soil with blue-green prickly leaves often used for Christmas decoration
A small lizard with a long tail that lives in hot dry deserts and sits in the sun on rocks
A wild flower with bell-shaped orange, red or yellow blooms on short stems in dry places
A small tree that grows in dry places and has long narrow leaves and purple flowers
A plant in dry western United States areas with straight stems and groups of bright red and orange flowers
- Australian
A low bushy plant from dry parts of Australia with bright red flowers and a black spot
- US
A plant that lives for several years with thick yellow flower spikes and blue-green divided leaves
A slender hairy plant with golden-yellow flowers that grows in sandy deserts
A large dry area in southern California and western Arizona with hot weather and Joshua trees
A large dry area east of the Indus River in northwest India and southeast Pakistan
A large flat area of salt and dry land in north central Iran, also called Dasht-e Kavir
An arid flat area of sand and rock in the northeast of Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea
A very large dry area in southern Argentina that is one of the world's biggest deserts
A very large dry area in southern Syria, western Iraq, eastern Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia
- Australian
A short Australian plant from dry inland areas with bright red flowers and black centres
A dry area in Turkmenistan south of the Aral Sea with large areas of sand and few plants
How Abandoning
Surface Forms
Etymology
Desert (verb) comes from the same old idea of 'leaving' or 'abandoning', so to desert someone or a place is to leave them when they need you.