0 a large area of very dry land -- désert [ masculine ]
the Sahara Desert le désert du Sahara
1 to leave and not come back -- déserter
2 to leave the armed forces without permission -- déserter
3 to go away from and leave without help etc; to leave or abandon -- abandonner
Why did you desert us?
5 an area of barren country, usually hot, dry and sandy, where there is very little rain -- désert, désertique
Parts of the country are like a desert
(also adjective) desert plants.
It is the army that transported the material needed for voting to the most distant provinces of this vast desert country.
You only have to think of the nomadic groups in the desert.
Without growth, however, stability leads to a social desert.
Soil nurtured by farmers retains its fertility, but when it is deprived of this care it turns into a desert.
It is important to stress that the presence of a nearby desert has no bearing on desertification.
I am thinking particularly of areas where the desert is literally burying the productive land.
It is not 'cathedrals in the desert' that will generate growth, but the organisation of a network of small businesses geared to making high-quality, typical and distinctive products.
Carting people off into the desert is inhumane and an admission of defeat in the face of all the things we have not yet dealt with.
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