maroons Sentence Examples
- The marooned sailors were stranded on a desolate island for months.
- The hikers were marooned on the mountaintop due to a sudden snowstorm.
- The abandoned ship lay marooned in the harbor, its once-bright hull faded by time.
- The marooned kitten mewed pitifully, lost and alone in the alley.
- The marooned soldiers fought valiantly against the invading army until their last breath.
- The prisoners were marooned in solitary confinement for years, their spirits broken.
- The shipwrecked crew was marooned on a tropical island, surrounded by lush vegetation.
- The marooned astronauts faced numerous challenges as they waited for a rescue mission.
- The marooned community struggled to survive in the harsh frontier conditions.
- The marooned whale desperately searched for its pod, its mournful cries echoing through the ocean.
maroons Meaning
maroons
a maroon of the West Indies or Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries or a descendant of such a person, to put ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave to one's fate, a Black person of the Americas who escaped slavery and formed or joined a free and often secluded settlement or a descendant of such a person, to put ashore and abandon on a lonely island or coast, a person who is marooned, to leave isolated and helpless, to place or leave in isolation or without hope of ready escape, a dark red
Synonyms & Antonyms of maroons
Synonyms:
- yields
- scraps
- walks-out-on
- delivers
- shucks-off-
- repudiates
- neglects
- renounces
- sheds
- junks
- hands-over
- sacrifices
- throws-away
- rejects
- distances
- withdraws-from-
- retreats-from-
- gives-up
- throws-out
- abjures
- vacates
- forgets
- quits
- ignores
- takes-off-from-
- disowns
- surrenders
- flings
- discards
- jettisons
- separates-from-
- cuts-off
- relinquishes
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word maroons
a maroon of the West Indies or Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries or a descendant of such a person, to put ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave to
leaves, escapes, abandons, forsakes, ditches, walks away from, dumps, deserts,strands, yields
holds, harbors, keeps, possesses, owns, retains,has, reserves, saves,reclaims
The marooned sailors were stranded on a desolate island for months.
The hikers were marooned on the mountaintop due to a sudden snowstorm.
The abandoned ship lay marooned in the harbor, its once-bright hull faded by time.
The marooned kitten mewed pitifully, lost and alone in the alley.
