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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One season on our family farm, deer deserted a tree stand that had produced results for years.

— David Farbman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Beaches near Pensacola, Florida, were mostly deserted except for tourists taking photos of the pounding surf.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of deserted

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The train station hulked behind barbed wire, abandoned for years, both witness to and eight million bricks’ worth of evidence of Detroit's near-collapse.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
Niccol’s plan involved hiring more workers to cut down on long wait times, which in some cases had gotten so bad people abandoned their orders altogether .

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 30 July 2026

Definition of abandoned

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While some have cut off all contact with their families, others have forged fragile paths towards reconciliation.

— Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Police were looking for 56-year-old Ricky Shane Lindsey on a felony warrant for cutting off his ankle monitor, Garcia told reporters late Saturday night.

— Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026

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