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.]
  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'"