marooned Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
    strand; maroon.
    • the travellers were marooned
  2. verb leave stranded on a desert island without resources
    maroon.
    • The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island
  3. adjective satellite cut off or left behind
    isolated; stranded.
    • an isolated pawn
    • several stranded fish in a tide pool
    • travelers marooned by the blizzard

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