maroon [muh-Roon]
verb. to strand someone in isolated (often dangerous) places
"Sixty-seven years after the Arab-Israeli War, 3,000 Palestinians remain marooned on the largely forgotten island in rural Egypt."
"The rising floodwaters from a tsunami marooned the entire family on top of their house."
"This novel is about schoolboys marooned on a desert island."
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