Desert and Stray

Desert

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

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

Stray

Stray verb - To commit an offense.

Desert and stray are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desert" instead a verb "Stray".

Nearby Words: strayed, straying

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Negated Moment of Awesome Tintin: In "The Crab with the Golden Pincers", Captain Haddock is fighting back against the desert raiders when a stray shot shatters his bottle of whiskey.
  • Battle in the Rain Echo Burning by Lee Child has Jack Reacher stalking his opponent in a desert shootout in the middle of a rainfall so intense, it takes him nearly fifteen minutes to realize his opponent isn't hiding, one of Reacher's stray bullets hit them.
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