stranded

adj 5

Collocations

VERBS

become, end up, find yourself, get

After the storm knocked out the power lines, commuters found themselves stranded at the station for hours.

leave sb

When the bus broke down, it left us stranded on the highway for three hours.

adj

Abandoned or marooned.

I found myself stranded, lunchless, on the sea-front[…]

Run aground on a shore or reef.

Not having any expressed complement.

Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).

That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.

With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.

adjective — cut off or left behind

I found myself stranded, lunchless, on the sea-front[…]

Wiktionary

With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.

Wiktionary

single-stranded, double-stranded, triple-stranded

Wiktionary

If you were stranded on a desert island, what books would you want to have with you to read?

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With his crew stranded at sea, Christopher Columbus was able to save them from starvation by pulling 100 rabbits out of his hat.

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The stranger strangled the stranded stripper.

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