Can and Desert

Can

Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.

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Desert and can are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Desert" instead a verb "Can".

Desert verb - To leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another.

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Can and desert are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead a verb "Desert".

full	full can	full desert
similar	similar can	similar desert
open	open can	open desert
empty	empty can	empty desert
Other adjectives: small, actual, entire, large, big, huge, hot, nearby, giant.

He is also once taken to the Klatchian desert and can barely move during the day.

Source: Literature / Discworld
Most notably, the attitudes of the Mystics toward humans in the Present can be changed if the party defeats Ozzie a second time, and the southern continent can become a forest instead of a desert.

Source: Close Enough Timeline
A lot of Californians will point out that Florida is "like California but they replaced the fun with old people." However, Floridians will retort by pointing out that California is basically a desert and can't support a tropical climate like Florida does.

Source: Useful Notes / Misplaced Nationalism

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