leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" पर्याय: abandon, forsake, desolate,
leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"
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" पर्याय: defect,