defect (from)

verb

di-ˈfekt How to pronounce defect (from) (audio)
Definition of defect (from)next
as in to desert
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defect (from)
  1. desert
  2. abandon
  3. reject
  4. cut off
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  • Tags college deserts college deserts Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media Inc.
    Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The number of Ukrainian soldiers deserting their positions has soared in 2024, according to a new report, as Kyiv contends with persistent Russian advances and uncertainty over what the new year will hold for its war effort.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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  • The insurgents raided large arsenals abandoned by the SAA.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Context: Some public health officials warned that the federal response to the bird flu, already lacking in the Biden administration, could be abandoned during President-elect Trump's presidency.
    April Rubin, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of abandon
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  • Syria's government has rejected reports that President Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus as insurgents opposing his regime continue their lightning offensive.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • In the court's ruling, Ginsburg, a Republican appointee, rejected TikTok's main legal arguments against the law, including that the statute was an unlawful bill of attainder, or a taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment.
    HALELUYA HADERO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of reject
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  • That December, van Gogh famously cut off his left ear, and Gauguin returned to Paris.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
  • There have been complaints of the Fitbit app cutting off the top parts of the interface, making certain controls and pieces of information inaccessible.
    Andrew Williams, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of cut off
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