Synonym: abandon, forsake, leave. Antonym: fertile. Similar words: dessert, reserve, preserve, assert, insert, reservation, these, user. Meaning: [dɪ'zɜːt] 
n. arid land with little or no vegetation. v. 1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch 2. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army. adj. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate.
n. arid land with little or no vegetation. v. 1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch 2. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army. adj. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate. 
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181) Go forth into the desert.
182) A cool desert wind wrapped us in dust as we sped along the bitumen.
183) Why the desert, when you could be strolling along the golden beaches of California?
184) He gave his blessing to the meeting and came close to finding himself partnering Desert Orchid in the opening race.
185) It was used in the Persian Gulf war to target smart bombs and guide tanks across the desert.
186) And in the Karoo desert, in the northwestern Cape, a group of whites is trying to build its own homeland.
187) But they have no belongings with them, no day packs, no water bottles for the trek across the desert.
188) Their universe hangs on a brush of skin, a few grains of desert sand, a single candle flame.
189) In her adopted desert home, Bombeck was very generous, contributing time and money to a number of charitable organizations.
190) This plane brings home the squadron's support staff after a 3-month stint in the desert.
191) Mysterious white beams stream down into the cold desert from saucer-shaped craft. Sonic booms rumble in the valleys at all hours.
192) Small desert rodents and the Bedouin goat can survive short periods of dehydration which result in a 20-30 percent weight loss.
193) The desert town of Perfection, Nevada - all tumbleweed and beat-up trucks - gets attacked by giant earthworms.
194) Only one desert civilization, out of dozens that grew up in antiquity,[http://sentencedict.com/desert.html] has survived uninterrupted into modern times.
195) His two interceptions Sunday broke the back of the Pittsburgh Steelers as Dallas won the duel in the desert, 27-17.
196) There was no alien spacecraft, and there were no alien beings and no secret autopsies in the desert in 1947.
197) Or you could simply admire the view of the desert.
198) Like the rituals of harvest and planting in pastoral societies, the desert broom tufts are a sign.
199) Laying and distributing the eggs in small batches is a special adaptation to these hot desert conditions.
200) Despite a lifestyle stripped to the bare essentials, they are also some of the most visually arresting animals in the desert.
201) It was as they enjoyed the water and food he provided in the desert that they began to appreciate his compassion.
202) Beccaria's attempt to avoid considerations of responsibility and desert must be regarded as something of a failure.
203) Contrary to popular belief, the Australian desert is often full of wildlife.
204) The biggest boom is in the scenic desert areas, which are laced with washes.
205) He watched the altimeter unwind and felt his straps grip as the desert floor swung up to face him.
206) It made me think of a Bedouin taking out his prayer carpet and unrolling it in the vastness of the desert.
207) The best part of me was lying under the ground with him in the California desert.
208) Quick quiz A man stranded on a desert island builds a rowing boat and sets out for the nearest land.
209) Wood is scarce in the Sinai desert[sentencedict.com], but the acacia is one of the few trees which grow there.
210) So are the other varieties of native cactus and most of the desert trees.