desert
— Verb
– English
~ leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
desert
— Verb
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~ 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"
desert
— Verb
– English
~ leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"
desert
— Noun
– English
~ (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment