DESERT
Scrabble letter values: D2E1S1E1R1T1 = 7
Definition
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you. — synonyms: abandon, forsake, desolate
- verb desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army. — synonyms: defect
- verb leave behind.
- noun arid land with little or no vegetation.
- noun (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment.
Examples
- “leave in the lurch”
- “The mother deserted her children”
- “If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot”