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desert

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Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.(adjective)

source: webster1913

arid land with little or no vegetation(noun.location)

source: wordnet30
That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.(noun)

source: webster1913
A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa which are destitute of moisture and vegetation.(noun)

source: webster1913

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

Example:
The mother deserted her children.

Synonym:
abandon, desolate, forsake

source: wordnet30
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army(verb.social)

Example:
If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot.

Synonym:
defect

source: wordnet30
leave behind(verb.motion)

Example:
The students deserted the campus after the end of exam period.

source: wordnet30
To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country.(verb)

source: webster1913
To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond.(verb)

source: webster1913

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