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marooned

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Maroon \Ma*roon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marooned}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Marooning}.] [See {Maroon} a fugitive slave.]
   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.] --Bartlett.

Source : WordNet®

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'"
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