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How to sign: an arid region with little or no vegetation
Categories: biome, geographical area, geographical region, geographic area, geographic region
Within this category: Arabian Desert, Atacama Desert, Australian Desert, Colorado Desert, Death Valley, Gibson Desert, Gila Desert, Gobi, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Kalahari, Libyan Desert, Mojave, Namib Desert, Negev, Nubian Desert, Painted Desert, Patagonian Desert, Sahara, Simpson Desert, Sinai, Sonoran Desert
How to sign: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
"The mother deserted her children";
Similiar / Same: forsake, desolate, abandon
Categories: leave
Within this category: ditch, expose, maroon, walk out
How to sign: desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
"If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot";
Similiar / Same: defect
Categories: flee, fly, take flight
Within this category: rat
