51
abandon(noun, verb, activity, stop, drop)
41
forsake(noun, verb, activity, move, stop)
38
leave(verb, activity, stop, drop, get)
25
quit(verb, move, stop, drop, go)
22
waste(noun, adjective, nature, plain, wild)
22
wild(noun, adjective, characteristic, waste, plain)
21
barren(noun, adjective, characteristic, area, environment)
21
renounce(verb, stop, end, cut, remove)
20
relinquish(verb, move, stop, drop, go)
19
wasteland(noun, nature, area, environment, waste)
19
uninhabited(adjective, characteristic, wild, blank, bare)
18
drop(noun, verb, stop, cut, remove)
17
defect(verb, activity, move, break, go)
17
vacate(verb, move, stop, drop, go)
17
throw over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, drop)
17
wilderness(noun, nature, area, environment, waste)
16
jilt(noun, verb, stop, drop, end)
16
give up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, activity, stop)
16
depart(verb, move, stop, drop, get)
16
desolate(verb, adjective, characteristic, clear, blank)
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