desert

Meanings

• arid land with little or no vegetation
• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  • "The mother deserted her children"
• 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 behind
  • "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"

Synonyms

abandon, defect, desolate, forsake