maroon
verb/məˈruːn/
Frequency rank: #9,075 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to abandon someone in an isolated place with no way to escape.
Example sentence
The storm threatened to maroon the sailors on a deserted island after their ship sank.
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