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Abandon

/əˈbændən/
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(verb) To give up completely; to desert or leave behind.

There are days where I feel like my brain wants to abandon me.
We made a pact that we wouldn't abandon one another.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The captain had to ____ the ship after it hit an iceberg.

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