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Adjective
/məˈro͞on/,
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Of a brownish-crimson color,
  1. Of a brownish-crimson color

Verb
  1. Leave (someone) trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place, esp. an island
    • - a novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island
Noun
  1. A brownish-crimson color

  2. A firework that makes a loud bang, used mainly as a signal or warning

  1. of dark brownish to purplish red
  2. a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
  3. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
  4. leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
  5. an exploding firework used as a warning signal
  6. (marooned) isolated: cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"
  7. Maroon (2000) is the fifth full-length studio album by Barenaked Ladies. The follow-up to 1998's Stunt, Maroon debuted #1 in Canada (their second to reach #1 after 1992's Gordon) and #5 in the United States, selling a million units in America alone. ...
  8. Maroon are a German Heavy Metal band based in Nordhausen. They were formed in 1998.
  9. Maroon is a dark red color.
  10. Maroon is a CD album by Muslimgauze. The first edition of 1000 copies was issued in a light brown digipak with a postcard insert, the first 500 copies of which were sealed with a Palestinian Authority stamp. ...
  11. Maroons (from the word marronage or American/Spanish cimarrón: "fugitive, runaway", lit. "living on mountaintops"; from Spanish cima: "top, summit") were runaway slaves in the West Indies, Central America, South America, and North America, who formed independent settlements together. ...
  12. A maroon is a type of rocket which makes a loud banging report (noise) and a bright flash. It is used as an alarm or warning, for example the British Royal National Lifeboat Institution uses these rockets to call the crew when the lifeboat needs to be launched.
  13. (Marooned (film)) Marooned is a 1969 American film directed by John Sturges and starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus, and Gene Hackman.
  14. An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves; A castaway; a person who has been marooned; To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island; Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples
  15. (MAROONED) song number 4, on page 8 (OTTO). Instrumental.
  16. (Marooned) This old punishment for mutineers consisted of placing them on an island with musket, cutlass, and a breaker of water; and leaving them to their fate. ...
  17. (Marooned) To be left alone on an isolated island or place.
  18. (marooned) to put ashore in a deserted place and leave there
  19. (Marooning) A pirate punishment that involved abandoning an individual or group on an uninhabited island with few or no natural resources.
  20. (Maroons) Escaped slaves who formed communities of runaways.
  21. (Maroons) enslaved Africans who escaped into the Jamaican wilderness to form their own separate communities, from the Spanish word cimarr?n meaning wild or untamed
  22. A pyrotechnic producing a very loud explosion.
  23. pyrotechnic device which when detonated produces a very loud bang and explosive force. Used not only to generate bangs, but also to fire confetti from a confetti cannon. Due to the force generated when they detonate, maroons should always be detonated in either a confetti cannon or bomb tank.
  24. being a dark red, indicates frigidity. Red is the color of the base chakra and can indicate sexuality in dreams. Dark shades indicate fear so the combination shows fear linked to sexuality.
  25. To leave prisoners on island or desert coast.