15
flee(verb, move, get, go, run)
12
bare(adjective, clear, hard, dry, content)
12
decamp(verb, move, stop, drop, get)
12
lonely(adjective, miserable, bleak, dreary, isolated)
12
run away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, activity, get)
11
ditch(verb, move, stop, drop, get)
11
escape(verb, move, break, get, go)
11
solitude(noun, nature, waste, wild, void)
10
deserted(adjective, cold, wild, miserable, blank)
10
repudiate(verb, stop, end, cut, remove)
10
abdicate(verb, stop, go, advance, remove)
10
abscond(verb, move, get, go, reject)
10
arid(adjective, clear, hard, dry, bare)
10
discard(verb, stop, drop, get, remove)
10
empty(adjective, clear, bare, bleak, barren)
10
evacuate(verb, stop, go, clear, advance)
10
fail(verb, activity, disregard, dismiss, abandon)
10
merit(noun, quality, power, right, thing)
10
reject(verb, stop, drop, end, cut)
10
resign(verb, stop, drop, end, cut)
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