DESERT

• (noun) arid land with little or no vegetation

• (verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

  "The mother deserted her children"

  synonyms : abandon , desolate , forsake

  destitute and desolate since her husband walked out on her -added by nithi

• (verb) leave behind

  "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : defect

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