Desert and Guarding

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

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Guarding is an antonym for desert.

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Desert is an antonym for guarding in protect topic.

Nearby Words: guard, guarded, guardedly

Carrera's Legions: In A Desert Called Peace, one of the Sumeri soldiers guarding Hill 1647 used his rifle to redecorate the back of his skull, in the continual artillery bombardment of the hill by the Legion.

Source: Ate His Gun
Digging Yourself Deeper: In the Series 1 episode "Boots", Marsh selects Matthew to show what he has learned about being on sentry duty, and sets the scene by telling him he is in the Libyan desert guarding millions of pounds of new aircraft from hordes of IRA terrorists.

Source: Series / Get Some In!

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