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Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : dez-ert
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛz ərt



Definition of de sert

Origin :
  • "to leave one's duty," late 14c., from Old French deserter (12c.) "leave," literally "undo or sever connection," from Late Latin desertare, frequentative of Latin deserere "to abandon, to leave, forsake, give up, leave in the lurch," from de- "undo" (see de-) + serere "join together, put in a row" (see series). Military sense is first recorded 1640s. Related: Deserted; deserting.
  • As in arid : adj dry
  • As in lifeless : adj not living, not containing living things
  • As in bare : adj without covering or content
  • As in barren : adj unable to support growth
  • As in sterile : adj unproductive, clean
  • As in wild : adj untamed
  • As in bleak : adj barren
  • As in moistureless : adj dry
  • As in rainless : adj dry
  • As in sanitized : adj sterile
  • As in uncreative : adj sterile
  • As in undomesticated : adj wild
  • As in uninventive : adj sterile
  • As in desert : adj barren, uncultivated
  • As in desolate : adj unused, barren
  • As in dry : adj moistureless
  • As in empty : adj containing nothing
  • As in merit : noun advantage
  • As in right : noun privilege
  • As in solitude : noun aloneness
  • As in title : noun possession, laurel
  • As in waste : noun land that is uncultivated
  • As in wilderness/wilds : noun uninhabited area
  • As in just deserts : noun virtue triumphing over vice
  • As in wilderness : noun forest
  • As in wasteland : noun wilderness
  • As in badlands : noun barren land
  • As in guerdon : noun due
  • As in indemnification : noun compensation
  • As in quittance : noun compensation
  • As in setoff : noun compensation
  • As in singleness : noun aloneness
  • As in solitariness : noun aloneness
  • As in compensation : noun repayment; rectification
  • As in desert : noun wasteland; dry area
  • As in deserts : noun what is due one
  • As in desolation : noun uninhabitated area; barrenness
  • As in due : noun expected reward
  • As in jilt : verb abandon, betray
  • As in leave : verb depart, abandon physically
  • As in leave : verb abandon, renounce
  • As in maroon : verb abandon
  • As in quit : verb abandon, leave
  • As in relinquish : verb give up, let go
  • As in renounce : verb abandon, reject
  • As in repudiate : verb reject; turn one's back on
  • As in skip : verb avoid, miss
  • As in supersede : verb take the place of; override
  • As in throw over : verb abandon, leave
  • As in turn : verb change one's mind; defect
  • As in betray : verb be disloyal
  • As in go back : verb break
  • As in leave in the lurch : verb abandon
  • As in apostatize : verb defect
  • As in chuck : verb throw aside, throw away, throw out
  • As in lam : verb escape
  • As in abandon : verb leave behind, relinquish
  • As in cop out : verb abandon, quit
  • As in abandon : verb leave in troubled state
  • As in defect : verb break from belief, faith
  • As in depart : verb leave, retreat
  • As in depart : verb diverge from normal, expected
  • As in desert : verb abandon, defect
  • As in discard : verb get rid of
  • As in disobey : verb disregard rules; refuse to conform
  • As in ditch : verb get rid of
  • As in drop : verb abandon; ignore
  • As in escape : verb break away from
  • As in evacuate : verb clear an area; empty
  • As in fail : verb abandon, forsake
  • As in flee : verb run away to escape
  • As in forsake : verb abandon, turn one's back on
  • As in go back/go back on : verb break promise; change one's mind

Synonyms for de sert

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