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deserted
Martin, 50, was among the ministers who deserted Cowen's cabinet in recent days.
From the stltoday.com
Where this second requirement is concerned, his luck has sometimes deserted him.
From the independent.co.uk
In the area where the tour turned back, streets and homes were utterly deserted.
From the dailynews.com
Yarborough's East Texas stronghold deserted him, mainly over the Carswell issue.
From the time.com
They didn't really like shooting a bunch of Spanish Catholics, so many deserted.
From the chron.com
Most are deserted, their derelict buildings crumbling, torn down or hauled away.
From the denverpost.com
In Ordway, smoke hung like fog late Tuesday as the darkened town stood deserted.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It was deserted and there were no fires burning for the first time in four days.
From the edition.cnn.com
We stopped the car in Texola, Okla., and walked around that deserted ghost town.
From the abcnews.go.com
- Abandoned: forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"
- (desertion) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
- (desertion) abandonment: the act of giving something up
- (Desertion) In military terminology, desertion is the abandonment of a "duty" or post without permission and is done with the intention of not returning. The term AWOL is an acronym for "Absence Without Official Leave" and can refer to either desertion or a temporary absence.
- (Desertion (novel)) Desertion is a 2005 novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah.
- (desertedness) The state or quality of being deserted
- (Desertion) (law), in the law of domestic relations, abandonment or renunciation of marital relations and obligations by either spouse, with intent not to resume relations, and without the consent or wrongful conduct of the other. In most of the U.S. ...
- (Desertion) One of several grounds for a fault divorce. Most states require the plaintiff to prove several of the following factors: 1) the defendant left the marital home for over one year; 2) the parties failed to agree to such departure; 3) the party who left failed to pay support; and 4) the ...
- (Desertion) The abandoment of one spouse by the other; the continued absence of one spouse from cohabitation with the other; a prolonged separation between spouses. ...
