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desert
  1. A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
  2. (figuratively) Any barren place or situation.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. wasteland, waste, desolation, heath, barren, wilderness, wilds, wild, solitude, badland, flats, Sahara, no-man's-land, barren land, dust bowl, arid region, barren region, lava bed, sand dunes, badlands, void, moonscape, barrens, marsh, swamp, moor, malpais, uninhabited region, abandoned area, neglected area, expanse, breadth, length, spread, extent, distance, reach, stretch, field, barrenness, emptiness, plain, expansion, vastness, bush, fen, quagmire, brush, tundra, bog … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The vehicles have been modified to suit conditions in the desert.”
      “The Istanbul of the 1970s was considered to be something of a cultural desert, certainly in terms of classical music.”
      “It happens seldom enough that miscreants get their just deserts.”
desertification
  1. Process by which a geographic region becomes a desert. The change may result from natural changes in climate or by human activity.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deforestation, logging, denuding, erosion, forest clearance
  3. Examples:
      4. “This puts enormous pressure on the environment, contributing to deforestation and desertification in these countries.”
      “Agriculture was neglected throughout this period, and desertification gradually reduced arable land.”
      “The burgeoning populations of this area is contributing to its desertification by clearing forest for agriculture as well as for firewood.”
deserter
  1. A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
    1. Under the United States Code of Military Justice, a person who has been placed on AWOL status for more than 30 days
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fugitive, escapee, absconder, refugee, escaper, maroon, truant, derelict, AWOL, no-show, hookey player, runaway, runagate, dodger, defector, bolter, displaced person, hunted person, asylum seeker, absentee, quitter, escaped prisoner, jail-breaker, outlaw, renegade, outcast, exile, abscotchalater, walkout, evacuee, stray, recluse, emigre, lamster, fly-by-night, missing person, wanted person, abscondee, nonattender, flight risk, defaulter, stayaway, escape risk, stay-at-home, potential absconder, apostate, recreant, turncoat … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He was a deserter from the army when he was found guilty of highway robbery and sentenced to transportation.”
      “From that time to this, no word has been found too hard for the great apostate, the unworthy deserter of the principles of his youth.”
      “The less-than-three broke formation to take up defensive positions around the interdictors in the Alliance deserter fleet.”
desert
  1. (plural) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
  2. Synonyms:
      3. wasteland, waste, desolation, heath, barren, wilderness, wilds, wild, solitude, badland, flats, Sahara, no-man's-land, barren land, dust bowl, arid region, barren region, lava bed, sand dunes, badlands, void, moonscape, barrens, marsh, swamp, moor, malpais, uninhabited region, abandoned area, neglected area, expanse, breadth, length, spread, extent, distance, reach, stretch, field, barrenness, emptiness, plain, expansion, vastness, bush, fen, quagmire, brush, tundra, bog … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The vehicles have been modified to suit conditions in the desert.”
      “The Istanbul of the 1970s was considered to be something of a cultural desert, certainly in terms of classical music.”
      “It happens seldom enough that miscreants get their just deserts.”
desertland
  1. Land that is or resembles a desert.
desertedness
  1. The state or quality of being deserted.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. emptiness, barrenness, vacantness, desolation, starkness, bareness, vacancy, vacuity, blankness, clearness, desolateness, inanition, sparseness, voidness, depletedness, destitution, exhaustion, lack of adornment, lack of contents, blank, vacuum, void, gap, inanity, chasm, waste, empty space, hollowness, vacuousness, cavity, vaccum, nothingness, space, oblivion, nullity, loneliness, lack, black hole, abyss, nihility, hole, blank space, hiatus, lacuna, gulf, hollow, free space, uncrowdedness, tabula rasa, supernova … more
desertscape
  1. A desert landscape.
desertrix
  1. (rare) Alternative form of desertrice
desertress
  1. (rare, dated) A female deserter.
desertrice
  1. (rare, obsolete) A female deserter.
desertness
  1. (archaic) A deserted condition.
desertion
  1. The act of deserting.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. flight, absconding, decamping, departure, bolting, fleeing, escape, withdrawal, disappearance, retreat, truancy, evasion, flying, abandonment, betrayal, defection, forsaking, departing, marooning, cowardice, elusion, resignation, retirement, tergiversation, running away, turning tail, falling away, going absent without leave, going AWOL, going back on, running out on, taking French leave, leaving, exodus, exit, quitting, evacuation, exiting, decampment, vacation, parting, going, recession, getaway, leave, abdication, emigration, migration, egress, egression … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The desertion of his comrades in danger is, and ever should be, construed as the basest and most heinous crime possible to a soldier.”
      “Lois soon learns that her son had long known of her husband's shameful desertion of his family.”
      “He was all the more determined to avoid any conduct that could possibly be interpreted as a desertion of his commitment to reform.”
desertrices
  1. plural of desertrice
  2. plural of desertrix
desertscapes
  1. plural of desertscape
desertlands
  1. plural of desertland
desertions
  1. plural of desertion
  2. Synonyms:
      3. flights, abscondings, departures, boltings, fleeings, escapes, withdrawals, disappearances, retreats, truancies, evasions, flyings, abandonments, betrayals, defections, forsakings, departings, maroonings, cowardices, elusions, resignations, retirements, tergiversations, decampments, elopements, getaways, breakouts, liberations, breaks, extrications, exoduses, slips, outbreaks, freedoms, abdications, bolts, lams, releases, flits, springs, runarounds, leaves, deliverances, hegiras, rescues, beats, springings, AWOLs … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “They tell their own story of desertions, food rationing, shortage of ammunition and other difficulties.”
      “Often the socio-economic implications arising out of desertions by the spouse is overlooked by society.”
      “He shows how desertions, profiteering, hoarding, and plunder were widespread.”
deserters
  1. plural of deserter
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fugitives, escapees, absconders, refugees, escapers, maroons, truants, derelicts, AWOLs, no-shows, runaways, bolters, defectors, displaced persons, dodgers, asylum seekers, runagates, absentees, quitters, exile, lamsters, outlaws, emigres, fly-by-nights, recluses, walkouts, outcasts, evacuees, abscotchalaters, renegades, strays, missing persons, flight risk, abscondees, stayaways, nonattenders, defaulters, apostates, recreants, turncoats, traitors, betrayers, rebels, mutineers, dissidents, heretics … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I entered the bottom of the central building, where we stored the spare bandoleers that the deserters dropped.”
      “While the troops were barracked in the Griffin House, two Confederate deserters dressed in stolen Union uniforms had been caught looting homes.”
      “Rather than finding the deserters, the army tends simply dismiss them in their absence.”
deserts
  1. plural of desert
  2. Synonyms:
      3. comeuppance, retribution, penalty, punishment, chastisement, discipline, disciplining, requital, return, revenge, chastening, talion, what is coming to one, what one is asking for, lumps, correction, wrath, castigation, nemesis, just deserts, recompense, retaliation, due, deserved fate, just punishment, what you deserve, what's coming to you, desert, sentence, punition, penalization, consequence, punitive action, undesirable consequence, reward, due reward, award, prize, compensation, deserving, dues, guerdon, meed, merit, right, payment … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The corrupt mayor will get his just deserts in due course.”
      “Enjoy the just deserts for your hard work.”
      “Africa, the origin of life, abounds with endless red deserts and intolerably hot storms.”
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