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| Main Entry: |
maroon
 [muh-roon] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon |
| Synonyms: | beach, cast ashore, cast away, desert, forsake, isolate, leave, leave high and dry, strand |
| Antonyms: | care, help, maintain, rescue, save, take care |
| Main Entry: | deserter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fugitive from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | AWOL, absconder, apostate, backslider, betrayer, criminal, defector, delinquent, derelict, escapee, escaper, hookey player, lawbreaker, maroon, no-show, recreant, refugee, renegade, runaway, shirker, slacker, traitor, truant |
| Main Entry: | jettison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject; throw overboard |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, cashier, cast, cast off, deep-six, discard, dump, expel, heave, hurl, junk*, maroon, reject, scrap*, shed, slough, throw away, unload |
| Antonyms: | take in, take on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- Witnesses heard several gunshots and saw three men leaving the scene in a maroon sport utility vehicle, the police said.
- It makes me wonder if other fora have a green rhinocerous rhombus or a maroon rhinocerous oval as their secret identifier.
- They are also known as maroon langurs and maroon leaf monkeys.
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, renounce |
| Synonyms: | back out, cease, cede, desert, desist, drop, drop out, evacuate, forbear, forsake, give notice, give up*, hand over, knock off, maroon, quit, refrain, relinquish, resign, stop, surrender, terminate, waive, yield |
| Antonyms: | continue, hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | red |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | color of blood; shade resembling such a color |
| Synonyms: | bittersweet, bloodshot, blooming, blush, brick, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, cerise, cherry, chestnut, claret, copper, coral, crimson, dahlia, flaming, florid, flushed, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, glowing, healthy, inflamed, infrared, magenta, maroon, pink, puce, rose, roseate, rosy, rubicund, ruby, ruddy, rufescent, russet, rust, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, titian, vermilion, wine |
| Main Entry: | refugee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person running from something, often oppression |
| Synonyms: | DP, alien, boat person, castaway, defector, derelict, deserter, displaced person, emigrant, escapee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, expellee, foreigner, foundling, fugitive, homeless person, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, prodigal, renegade, runaway, stateless person, émigré |
| Main Entry: | runaway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is trying to escape |
| Synonyms: | absconder, delinquent, deserter, escapee, escaper, fugitive, lawbreaker, maroon, offender, truant, wanted person |
| Main Entry: | castaway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shipwrecked person |
| Synonyms: | derelict, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, pariah, renegade, reprobate, shipwreck, waif |
| Main Entry: | crimson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | red |
| Synonyms: | bloody, blush, color, dye, maroon, redden, rose, rouge |
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