Deserting

Engels died of heatstroke after deserting his unit and getting lost.

Deserting his family must have made the old bastard giddy with joy.

Deserting your dessert is a crime.

They fled the doomed company like rats deserting a sinking ship.

His followers were quitting their positions like rats deserting a sinking ship.

An operation is underway to find and capture a deserting soldier.

Are you deserting?

They epitomize the romance of the Australian Outback but sheep shearers are deserting the job in droves, sending the country's wool industry into crisis.

You're a silly scaremonger, spreading a yarn like this, and a cur to boot for deserting your partner!