DEFECTED (FROM) Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

defected (from)

verb

past tense of defect (from)

as in deserted

to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another soldiers defected from the rebel army en masse as the failure of their cause became apparent

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Mbappe wasn’t the worst of France’s attackers and never stopped trying to turn the tide, but his quality deserted him.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Ghulam Ali whipped his head around to see if anyone else was there, but the fields were deserted at this time of day.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026

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If it is outright rejected and people burn down the theaters, cool.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 22 July 2026
The lawsuit also claims that when the same group offered $100,000 to fund a study looking into whether the transition was needed and whether other options were available, the school rejected the proposal.

— Chaewon Chung July 22, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of rejected

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D4vd then allegedly cut off her left ring and pinky fingers because her ring finger had a tattoo of his name.

— Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Fenced in and barred from foraging, fishing, hunting, and farming, Indigenous peoples were intentionally cut off from the calorie-rich landscapes that had fed them for millennia.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

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