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stranding

/strændɪŋ/ noun · British & US
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What does stranding mean?

noun

The act of leaving a vessel or aircraft stranded, often due to bad weather or mechanical failure. A grammatical construction in which a word or phrase is separated from its associated word or phrase.

Example

"The storm caused the ship to strand on the rocky coast."

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