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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ma·roon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marooned p. pr. & vb. n. Marooning.]  To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
 Marooning party, a social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 marooned
      adj 1: cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several
             stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by
             the blizzard" [syn: isolated, stranded]
      2: put ashore and abandoned on a desolate island or coast; "the
         marooned pirate in `Treasure Island'"