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Deserted Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ABANDONED which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: ABANDONED

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We think the answer is "ABANDONED" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Forsaken by owner or inhabitants
  • • Unrestrained and uninhibited
  • verb
  • • To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
  • • To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
  • • To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
  • • To subdue; to take control of.
  • • To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
  • • To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
  • • To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
  • adjective
  • • Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
  • • No longer maintained by its former owners, residents or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
  • • Free from constraint; uninhibited.
  • • No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The abandoned house was overgrown with weeds."
  • • "The abandoned dog wandered the streets in search of food."

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Clue Last Found In...

Source #Number Answer
New York Times16 Aug 2016 Down 12
New York Times05 May 2006 Across 38
New York Times18 Sep 2005 Down 102
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