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What does cast away mean?

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Verb
  1. To discard.
  2. (nautical) To abandon or maroon.
  3. (computing) To eliminate by means of a cast operation.
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She plays a spoiled rich wife cast away on a desert island with her hunk of a servant, and they seem to smack each other around a lot.
The hideous roses were flotsam and she was cast away on a tide of detritus.
Guests on the programme select the luxury item they would need to make their lives a little easier if they were cast away.
If you are going to be cast away, Robinson Crusoe island is a good place to be.
Every year a school class picked at random will be cast away on an abandoned island to fight it out amongst themselves.
And those that are intended to amuse oneself at the cost of others should definitely be cast away on the rubbish heap.

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