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as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused
she consciously avoided walking past the abandoned house, with its broken windows and sagging porch
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as in rampant
showing no signs of being under control
wild, abandoned dancing that shocked the staid chaperones at the debutante ball
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as in indulged
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly
more than ready to abandon himself to a life of complete idleness for the duration of his vacation
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as in left
to cause to remain behind
abandoned the group that he had been hiking with and struck out on his own
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as in cancelled
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch
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as in quitted
to stop doing (something) permanently
marriage customs that were abandoned decades ago
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Recent Examples of abandoned
Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2023
Téllez pressed on trying to get his family back to Mexico City, circumventing several more abandoned vehicles blocking roads and eventually making it to the airport.
—Mark Stevenson, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023
Abdulrahman Shaheen and Abby Sewell, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024
The final institutional building at Shakhi Kora was eventually abandoned without adopting any violent methods.
—Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Thompson suspects that the Humane Society’s recent influx of abandoned and stray pets is related to inflation and the rising cost of pet food and health care.
—Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2023
Téllez pressed on trying to get his family back to Mexico City, circumventing several more abandoned vehicles blocking roads and eventually making it to the airport.
—Mark Stevenson, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023
Verb
The Iranian Embassy in Damascus was ransacked after apparently having been abandoned.
—Abdulrahman Shaheen and Abby Sewell, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024
The final institutional building at Shakhi Kora was eventually abandoned without adopting any violent methods.
—Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abandoned
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The gap in information has left a void, being filled with rampant speculation, including outlandish conspiracy theories.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Worse, outsourcing has become rampant, with high-paying IT jobs migrating to countries like India and Eastern Europe.Joel Shulman, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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McQueen spends half an hour dispassionately showing us the grimness of HMP Maze, a Troubles-era warehouse for enemies of the British state on a disused airfield.IndieWire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
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In his first five night-shift stints as watchman at a disused ’80s amusement park/arcade mall — Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Place — Mike stares glaze-eyed at security monitors, then drifts into violent 3-D incidents, His circumstance incarnates the hell that Morrissey sings about.Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2023
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The runaway success sold over a million copies, and an additional four million digital copies were distributed for free.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The home's security cameras captured the chaos that ensued as the family sprang into action to retrieve the runaway dog.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Pixie's life turned upside down when she was surrendered to Halifax County Animal Control in Virginia.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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After giving up 12 points in the paint in the first half, the Nets surrendered 14 points in the paint in the third quarter alone.C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Frostbite and Hypothermia Duda fled his home in Ukraine's Kharkiv region more than a week before becoming stranded.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The first time anyone saw the whale in the flesh was in 2010, when a mother and calf were stranded in the Bay of Plenty on New Zealand’s North Island, but the carcasses weren’t suitable for dissection.Lex Harvey, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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During the past 18 months, Johnson eliminated 456 Police Department vacancies, stunting any potential growth in ranks and canceled police academy training classes, further undermining the department’s future capability.Dylan Sharkey, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
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The cruise line canceled cruises in 2025 and 2026 on its Norwegian Encore, Norwegian Bliss and Norwegian Breakaway ships.Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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Toy was discontinued in 1951 The radioactive toy is considered extremely dangerous today, but in the 1950s, radioactivity wasn’t considered a flaw.Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, the Snack Wrap has been missing from McDonald's menus since it was discontinued in 2016.Peter Burke, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
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The problem is especially visible in low-income neighborhoods and the outer-boroughs, where there are more derelict spaces for the animals to roam.Molly Osberg, Curbed, 10 July 2024
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Abbott has accused President Joe Biden and his administration of being derelict in securing the border.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Abandoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abandoned. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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