The phrase "abandons territory" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing military strategy, wildlife behavior, or any situation where a person or entity leaves or gives up control over a specific area.
Example: "The army abandons territory in the face of overwhelming enemy forces."
Alternatives: "forsakes land" or "relinquishes control".
The Nascar team is studying a site near the Goethals Bridge which once housed an oil-tank farm but is now abandoned territory.
Reading headlines from Syria, or watching the news from Iraq – where an army which had been trained and equipped at enormous expense simply laid down their weapons and ran away, abandoning territory that had cost British and American troops their lives –it has been impossible to resist the sensation, in the words of the great Yankee catcher Yogi Berra, that this was "deja vu all over again".
SITE pioneered the warehouse district two decades ago, breaking new ground in a derelict and nearly abandoned territory.
The possibility of a major battle for Aleppo came as Turkey's prime minister injected a new element of tension into the Syrian conflict, asserting that Syrian forces had abandoned territories close to the Turkish border that had since been occupied by Kurdish militants hostile to Turkey.
After breeding has finished, this species abandons its territory, and may join small flocks including other warblers prior to migration.
During the climatic deterioration after 1200, the Mogollon abandoned their territory in southwestern New Mexico.
Even Mill abandoned this territory towards the end of his life.
He abandoned that territory the same year, however, and was given a much larger tract north of the Sainte-Croix River. Sainte-Croix River
He wants to cross the 1.5-mile strait on his paddle board, abandoning United States territory to storm British waters.
He said the agreement specified that "certain units will abandon the territory," an apparent reference to Iranian paramilitaries.
