as in abandonment
the act of abandoning
the soldiers were imprisoned for desertion of their posts
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Recent Examples of desertion
Also, some draft-age men have moved abroad, while desertions have undermined the army.
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arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025
The figure includes deaths, debilitating injuries—and desertions, nearly 10 percent of the total.
—David Axe, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Death in a hail of bullets has been used to punish mutinies and desertion in armies, as frontier justice in America’s Old West, and as a tool of terror and political repression in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
—Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
His desertion is squashed, however, when his fellow soldier Gam Dong-hyuk (Hong Xa-bin) tries to tag along.
—Robert Daniels, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025
The figure includes deaths, debilitating injuries—and desertions, nearly 10 percent of the total.
—David Axe, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Death in a hail of bullets has been used to punish mutinies and desertion in armies, as frontier justice in America’s Old West, and as a tool of terror and political repression in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
—Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
His desertion is squashed, however, when his fellow soldier Gam Dong-hyuk (Hong Xa-bin) tries to tag along.
—Robert Daniels, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for desertion
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“Desertion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desertion. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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