Definitions
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”
verb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
“The mother deserted her children”
noun
arid land with little or no vegetation
verb
leave behind
“the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period”
noun
a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment
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