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A waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand
“The vehicles have been modified to suit conditions in the desert.”
A situation or place considered dull and uninteresting
“The Istanbul of the 1970s was considered to be something of a cultural desert, certainly in terms of classical music.”
(just deserts) A punishment that is deserved or merited
“It happens seldom enough that miscreants get their just deserts.”
A reward that is deserved or merited
“We took it in our stride, we prepared, and we got our just deserts.”
The most remote and desolate areas of Australia
An inland area that is filled or covered with sand
The state or quality of being solitary or isolated
Justice delivered in a retributive manner
Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert
To abandon or leave behind
“Friendless, persecuted, poor, about the early age of twenty-two, was the greatest poet which the world has ever seen, compelled to desert his home, his wife, his children, to seek employment from the hands of strangers.”
To renounce, especially when contrary to a promise or obligation
“If you now desert the cause of liberty, in this most honorable and important contest, we can have no fellowship with you.”
To leave or flee from a place or group
“Once it was apparent that the battle was lost, the troops began to desert en masse.”
To be liberated or freed from (something)
To get rid of
To show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone
To renege or change one's mind on a position, agreement or promise
To return to a place after having been there at a previous time
To disregard the rules and refuse to conform
To betray someone that has one's trust
To fail to care for or pay attention to
To be absent from school without permission
(literally or figuratively) To deviate from a normal or expected path
(of a place) Uninhabited and desolate, like a desert
“As they sat on gray folding chairs in the desert wasteland, the war seemed to be in dismal shape.”
Hot and dry, like a desert
“I looked at the scorching desert sand as the silvery moon was cooling it.”
Barren and infertile, like a desert
“For those who came first, it was hard work. They had no accommodation and had to clear and prepare the stark desert land for agricultural production.”
Very hot and dry
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