desert

Noun

• arid land with little or no vegetation

Verb

• leave behind
  • the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period
    

• desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
  • If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot
    

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  • The mother deserted her children
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  defect , abandon , forsake , desolate