Verb
- 1. abandon, forsake, desolate, desert, leave
- usage: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
- 2. defect, desert, flee, fly, take flight
- usage: 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"
- 3. desert, leave, go forth, go away
- usage: leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"
Adjective
- 1. abandoned, derelict, deserted, uninhabited (vs. inhabited)
- usage: forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"
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