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Verb desert has 2 senses
- abandon, forsake, desolate, desert - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
--1 is one way to leave
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot desert Sue
- defect, desert - 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"
--2 is one way to flee, fly, take flight
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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