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  1. deserting

    Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning. This contrasts with unauthorized absence (UA) or absence without leave (AWOL ), which are temporary forms of absence.

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  1. Deserting

    of Desert

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of deserting in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of deserting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of deserting in a Sentence

  1. Douglas MacArthur:

    I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up wrinkles the soul.

  2. Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer:

    He prevented the crash last night. He was headed… over the edge, because his party was deserting him, all those defections, the governors and senators and members of Congress. Remember, when Nixon resigned, it was not right after the Supreme Court ordered him to release the tapes. It was when Barry Goldwater and the delegation from the Congress went to Nixon and said, 'It's over, you've got to resign.' And the next day, he announced his resignation.

  3. Samuel Ullman:

    Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

  4. Thaksin Shinawatra:

    People can see that the brother and sister have fled, deserting those that served them, who are in jail, from cabinet ministers to ordinary folk.

  5. Calvin Mackie:

    I just couldn't see myself deserting the city and the people I cared about, i refused to give up hope, too.

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