Twenty six soldiers were executed for desertion.
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Desertion
//dɪˈzɜːʃən//
Synonyms for "desertion" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
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Related words (32)
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1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
91 translations across 51 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- dezertim noun (deserting)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀυτομολία noun (deserting)
Arabic
4 entries- فِرَار noun (deserting)
- هَجْر noun (deserting)
- هَرَب noun (deserting)
- هِجْرَان noun (deserting)
Armenian
1 entries- դասալքություն noun (deserting)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dezertirlik noun (deserting)
- fərarilik noun (deserting)
Belarusian
2 entries- дэзерці́рства noun (deserting)
- дэзэрты́рства noun (deserting)
Bulgarian
3 entries- дезертьо́рство noun (deserting)
- изоста́вяне noun (deserting)
- напу́скане noun (deserting)
Catalan
1 entries- deserció noun (deserting)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 逃亡 noun (deserting)
- 遺棄 /遗弃 noun (deserting)
- 開小差 /开小差 noun (deserting)
Czech
1 entries- dezerce noun (deserting)
Danish
4 entries- desertation noun (deserting)
- desertering noun (deserting)
- desertion noun (deserting)
- faneflugt noun (deserting)
Dutch
2 entries- desertie noun (deserting)
- vaandelvlucht noun (deserting)
Esperanto
1 entries- forlasiĝo noun (deserting)
Estonian
2 entries- deserteerimine noun (deserting)
- väejooks noun (deserting)
French
1 entries- désertion noun (deserting)
Georgian
1 entries- დეზერტირობა noun (deserting)
German
3 entries- Desertation noun (deserting)
- Desertion noun (deserting)
- Fahnenflucht noun (deserting)
Greek
1 entries- λιποταξία noun (deserting)
Hebrew
1 entries- עֲרִיקָה noun (deserting)
Hindi
2 entries- अपसरण noun (deserting)
- परित्याग noun (deserting)
Hungarian
1 entries- szökés noun (deserting)
Indonesian
1 entries- desersi noun (deserting)
Italian
1 entries- diserzione noun (deserting)
Japanese
4 entries- 敵前逃亡 noun (deserting)
- 脱営 noun (deserting)
- 脱走 noun (deserting)
- 逃亡 noun (deserting)
Kazakh
2 entries- қашушылық noun (deserting)
- қашқындық noun (deserting)
Korean
3 entries- 도망 noun (deserting)
- 유기 noun (deserting)
- 탈영 noun (deserting)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- аскерден качуу noun (deserting)
- дезертирдик noun (deserting)
- качкынчылык noun (deserting)
Latin
1 entries- dēfectiō noun (deserting)
Latvian
1 entries- dezertēšana noun (deserting)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dezertyravimas noun (deserting)
Macedonian
1 entries- дезерте́рство noun (deserting)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- desertering noun (deserting)
Pashto
2 entries- فرار noun (deserting)
- فراريت noun (deserting)
Persian
2 entries- فرار noun (deserting)
- فرار noun (deserting)
Polish
2 entries- dezercja noun (deserting)
- opuszczenie noun (deserting)
Portuguese
1 entries- deserção noun (deserting)
Romanian
1 entries- dezertare noun (deserting)
Russian
3 entries- дезерти́рство noun (deserting)
- оставле́ние noun (deserting)
- ухо́д noun (deserting)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dezertérstvo noun (deserting)
- napúštānje noun (deserting)
- дезерте́рство noun (deserting)
- напу́шта̄ње noun (deserting)
Slovak
1 entries- dezercia noun (deserting)
Slovene
2 entries- dezerterstvo noun (deserting)
- zapustitev noun (deserting)
Spanish
1 entries- deserción noun (deserting)
Swedish
2 entries- desertering noun (deserting)
- fanflykt noun (deserting)
Tajik
1 entries- фирор noun (deserting)
Turkish
2 entries- askerden kaçma noun (deserting)
- firar noun (deserting)
Ukrainian
3 entries- дезерти́рство noun (deserting)
- зали́шення noun (deserting)
- зане́дбаність noun (deserting)
Urdu
1 entries- فرار noun (deserting)
Uzbek
1 entries- dezertirlik noun (deserting)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự đào ngũ noun (deserting)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַוועקוואַרפֿונג noun (deserting)
Zazaki
2 entries- firar noun (deserting)
- remayış noun (deserting)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Desertion from the army was punishable by death.
Source: tatoeba (4977007)
Desertion from the army was grounds for the death penalty.
Source: tatoeba (5250662)
The rate of desertion escalated in recent years, with more than 4,000 soldiers failing to report back for duty every year.
Source: tatoeba (11899634)
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