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verbdesert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
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verbleave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurchtype of:
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nounarid land with little or no vegetation
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verbleave behind
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noun(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishmenttype of:
Examples of desert
- "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
- "The mother deserted her children"
- "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"