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an exploding firework used as a warning signal a dark purplish red to dark brownish red a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there" leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island" leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue; "the travellers were marooned" dark brownish to purplish red chromatic |
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