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Maroon

In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.

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Chromatic 84% connected

Relating to color, or to colors.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Chromatic 84% connected

Relating to color, or to colors.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Abandon 76% connected

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Desert 76% connected

That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Desolate 76% connected

Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Firework 76% connected

A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some…

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Forsake 76% connected

To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Insulate 76% connected

To make an island of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Isolate 76% connected

To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pyrotechnic 76% connected

Alt. of Pyrotechnical

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Unfortunate 76% connected

Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…

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Strand 92% connected

One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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