defected (from)

past tense of defect (from)

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Verb
  • In Cameroon, so many skilled officers have deserted from the military to fight for Russia in Ukraine for up to $3,000 a month, that in March, the Cameroonian government instituted a ban on uniformed men from leaving the country.
    Alia Brahimi, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement Advertisement The numbers are catching up to a story being told by locals and visitors for several months now, of an eerily empty Vegas Strip and deserted casino floors.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The findings show that nature can reclaim even the most unexpected human leftovers, turning toxic and abandoned war relics into thriving underwater ecosystems.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Many of singer D4vd’s friends in the Los Angeles music scene had come to believe that Celeste Rivas Hernandez was his 19-year-old girlfriend, long before the 15-year-old’s body was found dismembered in the trunk of his Tesla, which had been abandoned in the Hollywood hills a month earlier.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At the time, Bailey denied claims that the film was initially rejected due to censorship but rather footage clearance and security concerns.
    Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2025
  • But his grades had been mediocre, and he was rejected right and left, which neither fazed nor surprised him.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Defected (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defected%20%28from%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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