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Meanings of desert in English

Portuguese
abandonar
Catalan
desemparar
Spanish
desasistir

Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.

        abandonar
        Portuguese
        arak
        Catalan
        deixar
        Spanish
        dejar

        Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.

              arak

              Left behind by the owner or keeper.

                    Wild.

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                          Usage of desert in English
                          1
                          The two countries have substantial and vital desert training, military officials say.
                          The Guardian
                          2
                          We wish to harm them. Now the desert people understood the situation.
                          Mentats of Dune
                          3
                          A year ago, you told me it had all gone to desert.
                          Year's best sf 15
                          4
                          Leaving Thurstane in the desert, we return to Clara in the desert.
                          Overland: A Novel
                          5
                          Left foot: the story of reggae's love affair with Clarks desert boot.
                          The Irish Times
                          6
                          I knew thee in the desert, in the land of the wilderness.
                          The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
                          7
                          The desert state of Rajasthan in the north also received heavy rains.
                          Reuters
                          8
                          No cover; just open desert. Then she pointed down the new hall.
                          Sea of Rust
                          9
                          Officials warned farmers about a possible invasion by desert locusts from Africa.
                          Reuters
                          10
                          Party officials and political analysts said more allies could desert the Maoists.
                          Reuters
                          11
                          And then, one day, she goes missing; simply disappears into the desert.
                          The Guardian
                          12
                          All the desert is in it, and our love in the desert.
                          The Garden of Allah
                          13
                          Hosea could not conceive the idea that God would desert Israel forever.
                          Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)
                          14
                          All dreams go; youth and hope desert me; the dark claims me.
                          The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 / A Maga...
                          15
                          He claimed it was for his health; the desert climate was hypo-allergenic.
                          iD
                          16
                          The desolation was gone; the desert bloomed and blossomed as the rose.
                          St. George and St. Michael, Volume 3
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                          Translations for desert
                          Portuguese
                          abandonararak
                          Desert through the time
                          Desert across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          Canada
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
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