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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
Kelli Bender, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
Adam Kepecs, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
Animal Control Officers with the Harford County Sheriff's Office found three yellow lab puppies abandoned in the woods of Havre de Grace Wednesday.
—Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
According to the nonprofit, Kristin Davis found the abandoned and weak elephant calf while on a trip near Kenya's Chyulu Hills.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
Verb
As cancer progressed, mice still pursued easy rewards but quickly abandoned tasks requiring greater effort.
—Adam Kepecs, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
Animal Control Officers with the Harford County Sheriff's Office found three yellow lab puppies abandoned in the woods of Havre de Grace Wednesday.
—Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abandoned
Adjective
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More recently, China’s rampant overfishing of its own coastal waters has meant expanding fishing in the South China Sea and using fishing fleets to assert new territorial claims.—
Bradley J. Cardinale,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
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Economic piracy in Southeast Asia is especially rampant in the Strait of Malacca, a critical shipping channel off the coast of Malaysia.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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On his release, Stern went on to spend the 1950s ping-ponging between New York and California, for a time living on a disused laundry barge in Sausalito.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Mar. 2025
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One of the most powerful scenes in Sugarcane takes place in a disused barn where, over a period of decades, Indigenous children worked under the lash.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2025
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Image Image Wands for amateur witches and wizards have been a runaway hit for Universal at its older parks.—
Todd Anderson,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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These cells play a central role in our immune system, reducing inflammation and inhibiting other cells that can overreact in the face of some triggers, causing a runaway immune response.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
4 Apr. 2025
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When the Nazi Reich surrendered, Eisenhower commented the war was over, but not won.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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The Rams tightened the screws after that and surrendered only a field goal.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Dec. 2024
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Helene destroyed homes and roads, stranded residents without phone service and water, and claimed the lives of nearly 250 people throughout the Southeast.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
26 Dec. 2024
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According to a post on the fire department's Instagram, the pet managed to swim to a nearby island, roughly 75 feet offshore, where the dog became stranded.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
26 Dec. 2024
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The comedy series has been canceled after airing for four seasons on Apple TV+, its co-creator and stars confirmed.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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An author training session was canceled with no explanation.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2025
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In 2018 customers were shocked when Urban Decay discontinued one of its most iconic products, the original Naked Palette.—
Lindy Segal,
Glamour,
7 Mar. 2025
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Sony discontinued the cameras in short order.—
Eric Zeman,
PCMAG,
4 Mar. 2025
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Today, many are boarded up, lying forlorn and derelict or caught in legal tangles between former owners’ descendants; others have been demolished to make way for modern developments, with the antiques and timber sold off by owners.—
Kalpana Sunder,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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This season, the collection embraces the rough poetry of derelict architecture and the passing of time.—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Abandoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abandoned. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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