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maroon
adjective
noun
verb
of dark brownish to purplish red
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adjective
of dark brownish to purplish red
noun
an exploding firework used as a warning signal
noun
a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
noun
a person who is stranded (as on an island)
“when the tide came in I was a maroon out there”
verb
leave stranded on a desert island without resources
“The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island”
verb
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
“the travellers were marooned”
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when the tide came in I was a maroon out there
The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island
the travellers were marooned
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