(n.) That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.
(n.) A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation.
(n.) A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
(v. t.) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country.
(v. t.) To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors.
(v. i.) To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond.
Example Sentences:
(1) It will act as a further disincentive for women to seek help.” When Background Briefing visited Catherine Haven in February, the refuge looked deserted, and most of its rooms were empty, despite the town having one of the highest domestic violence rates in the state.
(2) Eleven virus strains were isolated from ticks Hyalomma asiaticum asiaticum Schulce et Schlottke, 1929, and Hyalomma plumbeum plumbeum Panzer, 1796,collected in 1971-1974 in desert regions of the Uzbee S.S.R.
(3) Giving voice to that sentiment the mass-selling daily newspaper Ta Nea dedicated its front-page editorial to what it hoped would soon be the group's demise, describing Alexopoulos' desertion as a "positive development".
(4) Rising losses among the nearly 350,000-strong Afghan army and police, and a desertion rate of about 50,000 a year, also support Karzai's contention that control of large parts of the country remains tenuous.
(5) An opening sequence described as “spectacular” by Amazon insiders – featuring 6,000 extras in the Californian desert, according to some reports – is estimated to have cost £2.5m alone.
(6) Motion’s inner dialogue with his father’s memory coloured his own mission to Germany, but he was conscious of the incongruity of his presence among the Desert Rats.
(7) Forty soil samples from different desert localities in Kuwait were surveyed for keratinophilic and geophilic dermatophytic fungi.
(8) The disappointing weather at Easter left beaches deserted but some Britons, who were determined to enjoy the outdoors this time round, have already had their plans thwarted by the weather, taking to websites such as ukcampsite.co.uk to swap tales of woe, such as farmers calling to cancel bookings because sites were waterlogged.
(9) Harman said the reasons that made some voters desert Labour for Ukip were not all about Europe , but broader issues.
(10) Mali: a guide to the conflict Read more In response, the Tuareg separatists attacked military and police points as far as Tenenkou in the south, to prove it still controlled vast swaths of the desert territory.
(11) Natural foci of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis are located mainly in the deserts of Middle Asia.
(12) Further south is Ghadames, one of the most ancient settlements in north Africa , which Unesco calls “the pearl of the desert”.
(13) The far western deserts of China have been filled with wind farms and solar panels.
(14) "It wasn't a case of a Labour party that had deserted its principles," he said.
(15) Average prevalence for the country as a whole for people above the age of 10 was 4.3%, with distinct geographical differences: 5.7% in urban areas, 4.1% in rural agricultural areas, and 1.5% in rural desert areas.
(16) squeaks Tess, spinning around outside the reception at MediaCityUK, pointing at the deserted metallic acropolis.
(17) There is, however, a converse way of looking at the situation, Which is often neglected but which may be of general biological interest: does the evolution of adaptations to desert environments necessarily involve loss of viability in more mesic habitats?
(18) Although it is the world's biggest CO2 emitter and notorious for building the equivalent of a 400MW coal-fired power station every three days, it is also erecting 36 wind turbines a day and building a robust new electricity grid to send this power thousands of miles across the country from the deserts of the west to the cities of the east.
(19) Back to article (4) Here I asked him about Barry White, a Desert Island Disc choice of his in 1978, which he had no recollection of.
(20) The fighters now look fat in winter combat jackets of as many different camouflage patterns as the origins of their units, hunched against a freezing wind that whips off the desert scrub.
Naval
Definition:
(a.) Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fifty-five myopic naval personnel with no previous contact lens experience were put through a three-week study using these contact lenses.
(2) The announcement came two days after US-led naval exercises started in the Gulf.
(3) At Gölcük naval base, a frigate was reportedly taken over by an unidentified anti-government group and the head of the Turkish fleet was held hostage, a Greek military source told Reuters.
(4) For the treatment of systemic HSV-1 infection in Naval Medical Research Institute mice, a single oral dose per day of 5 mg of CEDU per kg achieved a significant reduction in the mortality rate.
(5) Chinese naval ships recently showed up off the Aleutian islands during an Obama visit to Alaska, the mineral-rich Arctic being another possible theatre.
(6) And that requires a big military commitment to protect refugees from attacks.” During Monday afternoon’s two-hour meeting, the US president and the four EU national leaders are also likely to discuss stemming the flow of migrants from Libya by placing EU naval patrols in Libyan waters.
(7) An additional 2,900 BAE staff are employed in the Portsmouth area on tasks that include maintaining, servicing and upgrading the Royal Navy ships at the naval base.
(8) US defence officials say the new base, which is expected to cost at least $8.6bn (£6bn), is an essential part of the White House’s strategic “pivot” towards the Asia-Pacific, amid rising concern over Chinese naval activity in the region and North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes.
(9) CND costs The Vanguard-class fleet operates out of the deep-water naval base at Faslane on the Clyde, but also makes use of the US navy’s base at Kings Bay in Georgia.
(10) In its recent decision to end Portsmouth’s role as a naval dockyard, the British government said recently that future warships - notably a new generation of frigates - would be built in Scotland only if Scotland remained part of Britain.
(11) A member of the CGT union at the naval construction company STX said locals were between a rock and a hard place.
(12) Abbott continued: "Do you believe Australian naval personnel or do you believe people who were attempting to break Australian law?"
(13) The plan for the yacht is the brainchild of Rear Admiral David Bawtree, a former naval base commander in Portsmouth.
(14) In an attempt to discourage potential migrants, European ministers cancelled a naval operation aimed at rescuing stricken smugglers’ boats.
(15) He said Iran's enemies had understood the message of the naval exercises, saying: "We have no plan to begin any irrational act but we are ready against any threat."
(16) The naval confrontation was the most serious incident between the two navies since 2009, when Chinese ships and planes repeatedly harassed the US ocean surveillance vessel USNS Impeccable in the South China Sea.
(17) A review of death certificates in New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts for 1959-77 yielded a total of 1722 deaths among former workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard where nuclear submarines are repaired and refuelled.
(18) The US has also pledged $86m towards upgrading Mexico’s checkpoints, roadblocks and naval bases.
(19) Two military doctors testified on Wednesday, describing the treatment of Bales' victims, including a young girl who had been shot in the head and who spent three months undergoing surgeries and rehabilitation at a naval hospital in San Diego, relearning how to walk.
(20) The escort ship would not be a naval one, the source added.