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marooned Definition


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maroon2
verb marooned, marooning
    1. To leave someone in isolation in a deserted place, especially on a desert island.
      Thesaurus: abandon, desert, forsake, strand, cast away, put ashore.
    2. To leave someone helpless or without support.
Etymology: 18c in sense 1; 17c as noun, meaning ‘a fugitive slave': from American Spanish cimarrón wild.



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