Defect and Discard

Defect

Defect verb - Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.

Discard and defect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Discard" instead a verb "Defect".

Discard

Discard verb - To get rid of as useless or unwanted.

Defect and discard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defect" instead the word "Discard" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: discarded, discarding

Common collocations

heart defect heart discard heart
turn defect turn discard turn
number defect number discard number
plans defect plans discard plans
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