defect (v)
desert (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 41
def desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
examples If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
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Entailment protest, resist, dissent
Hypernym flee, fly, take flight
Derivationally related form desert → desertion
Derivationally related form desert → deserter; desert → deserter
Derivationally related form defect → defection; defect → defection
Derivationally related form defect → defector
Hyponym rat
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Derivationally related form defection → defect; defection → defect
Derivationally related form desertion → desert
Derivationally related form defector → defect
Derivationally related form deserter → desert; deserter → desert
Hyponym flee, fly, take flight
Hypernym rat

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