The Clue
Ditched (9 letter answer)
The Answer
ABANDONED
Tags
Notes
The answer ABANDONED is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2400 puzzles.
Related Clues
Deserted
Left
Left in the lurch
Walked out on
Like some warehouses
Definition
ABANDON as a verb:
1. forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
2. (abandon, give up) = stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
3. (abandon, give up) = give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
4. (vacate, empty, abandon) = leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
5. (abandon, forsake, desolate, desert) = leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
ABANDONED as an adjective:
1. (abandoned, derelict) = forsaken by owner or keeper ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"
2. free from constraint; "an abandoned sadness born of grief"- Liam O'Flaherty