Desert and Fail

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Desert

Desert verb - To leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another.
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Fail is a synonym for desert in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Fail" instead a verb "Desert", when it comes to topics like abandon, departure.
Nearby Words: deserted, desertion, deserter, deserting, desertification

Fail

Fail verb - To stop functioning.
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Desert is a synonym for fail in abandon topic. You can use "Desert" instead a verb "Fail", if it concerns topics such as departure, neglect, disappoint.
Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

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army desert army fail army
time desert time fail time
times desert times fail times

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  • Film / Sexy Beast Hair-Raising Hare: After watching Aitch utterly fail to shoot a jackrabbit in the desert, Gal's anxiety over Don manifests in strange dreams in which Gal is menaced by an anthropomorphic rabbit.
    Source: Film / Sexy Beast
  • Literature / Frontier Wolf They fail to inform Alexios of a rumoured Pict-Attacotti alliance, except for a single loyal Arcanus who gets a knife in the back, and desert en masse the night Picts come over the Northern Wall.
    Source: Literature / Frontier Wolf
  • Prayer of Malice Let his courage fail and every man desert him.
    Source: Prayer of Malice
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