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The synonyms of “Desert” are: defect, abandon, desolate, forsake, forsaken, cast aside, cast off, thrown over, betrayed, leave, give up, turn one's back on, renounce, renege on, repudiate, forswear, relinquish, wash one's hands of, have no more truck with, have done with, abjure, disavow, empty, evacuated, vacated, abscond, run away, make off, decamp, flee, fly, bolt, turn tail, go absent without leave, take french leave, depart, quit, escape
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “desert” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| abandon | Forsake, leave behind. An attempt to persuade businesses not to abandon the area to inner city deprivation. |
| abjure | Solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim. MPs were urged to abjure their Jacobite allegiance. |
| abscond | Leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape from custody or avoid arrest. 176 detainees absconded. |
| betrayed | Deliver to an enemy by treachery. |
| bolt | Make or roll into bolts. Bolt the door. |
| cast aside | Choose at random. |
| cast off | Formulate in a particular style or language. |
| decamp | Break up or leave a military camp. The hikers decamped before dawn. |
| defect | Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army. |
| depart | Go away or leave. A contingent was departing from Cairo. |
| desolate | Make (a place) appear bleakly empty. He was desolated by the deaths of his treasured friends. |
| disavow | Refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with. The union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket line violence. |
| empty | Make void or empty of contents. We empty the till at closing time. |
| escape | Interrupt an operation by means of the escape key. He drove along the dual carriageway to escape police. |
| evacuated | Move people from their homes or country. |
| flee | Run away quickly. He was forced to flee the country. |
| fly | Hit a fly. Man cannot fly. |
| forsake | Renounce or give up (something valued or pleasant. He would never forsake Tara. |
| forsaken | Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch. |
| forswear | Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn. |
| give up | Cause to happen or be responsible for. |
| go absent without leave | Have a particular form. |
| have done with | Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition. |
| have no more truck with | Achieve a point or goal. |
| leave | Leave or give by will after one s death. Leave the young fawn alone. |
| make off | Reach a destination, either real or abstract. |
| quit | Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat. I want to quit smoking. |
| relinquish | Voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up. I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long term house guest. |
| renege on | Fail to fulfill a promise or obligation. |
| renounce | Refuse or resign a right or position, especially one as an heir or trustee. These agreements were renounced after the fall of the Tsarist regime. |
| repudiate | (in the past or in non-Christian religions) disown or divorce (one’s wife. Philip was excommunicated in 1095 because he had repudiated his wife. |
| run away | Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals. |
| take french leave | Obtain by winning. |
| thrown over | Cause to fall off. |
| turn one's back on | Accomplish by rotating. |
| turn tail | Cause to move around or rotate. |
| vacated | Cancel officially. |
| wash one's hands of | Clean with some chemical process. |
| anhydrous | Without water; especially without water of crystallization. |
| arid | Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless-C.J.Rolo. His arid years in suburbia. |
| aridity | The quality of yielding nothing of value. |
| beach | Of an angler land a fish on a beach. He managed to beach a fine trout. |
| climatic | Of or relating to a climate. Climatic changes. |
| deforest | Clear (an area) of forests or trees. The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks. |
| dehydrate | Lose a large amount of water from the body. The nurses made sure I didn t dehydrate. |
| desertification | The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. The dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China. |
| desiccate | Remove water from. Years of drought have desiccated the soil. |
| desiccated | Having had all moisture removed; dried out. Shredded and desiccated coconut meat. |
| desiccation | The removal of moisture from something. Stems were stored in plastic bags to prevent desiccation. |
| dried | Preserved by removal or evaporation of moisture. Dried lavender flowers. |
| drought | A shortage of rainfall. The cause of Europe s recent droughts. |
| dry | A dry or covered place. The rye has been strip grazed by dry cows. |
| dryness | Moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs. A certain dryness of style. |
| dune | A mound or ridge of sand or other loose sediment formed by the wind, especially on the sea coast or in a desert. A sand dune. |
| evaporation | The process of something abstract ceasing to exist. Snow cover prevents evaporation of water from the soil. |
| famine | A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death. The famine of 1921 2. |
| oasis | A fertile spot in a desert, where water is found. The park is an oasis of calm in the centre of the city. |
| parch | Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat. A piece of grassland parched by the sun. |
| precipitation | The quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time. He is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise. |
| prolonged | Continuing for a long time or longer than usual; lengthy. The region suffered a prolonged drought. |
| quicksand | A treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy. It s best to travel with a local as there are quicksands. |
| sandy | Resembling or containing or abounding in sand or growing in sandy areas. Pale eyes and receding sandy hair. |
| sear | Fry (food) quickly at a high temperature so that it will retain its juices in subsequent cooking. A sharp pang of disappointment seared her. |
| semiarid | Somewhat arid. A semiarid region with little annual rainfall. |
| shortage | A state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts. The problems of land shortage in the countryside. |
| silt | Fill or block with silt. The soil ends up silting up the stream. |
| steppe | A large area of flat unforested grassland in south-eastern Europe or Siberia. |
| withered | (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture. Withered leaves. |
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