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"If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"verbdesert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
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"The mother deserted her children"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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"the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"verbleave behind
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noun(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishmenttype of:
Definition that contains desert
- rat desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
- desert desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
- defect desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
- disloyal deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle
- juniper desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
- ocotillo desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers
- retama raetam desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
- retem desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
- jacob's staff desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers
- coachwhip desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers