arid land with little or no vegetation
(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
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"
leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"