cast away
Abandon without return
To cast away is to throw aside or discard as worthless or unwanted: She cast away her doubts and jumped.
The phrase suggests deliberate rejection or abandonment.
A person cast away on a deserted island has been stranded there, typically by shipwreck—discarded by fate onto an inhospitable shore.
He cast away everything that reminded him of her.
Left stranded and helpless
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- adriftFloating without control
- wreckedUtterly destroyed
- beachedStuck on land
ashore · flotsam · jetsam · wreckage · lifeboat · raft · deserted island · Robinson Crusoe
Abandon completely
- desertTo leave behind completely
- jiltReject a lover suddenly
- renounceFormally give up
- disownReject connection to
repudiate · relinquish · leave behind · discard · reject · spurn · shun · dismiss
Seeking wild food sources
- shelterProtected place or structure
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
wilderness · hunting · fishing · fresh water · edible plants · signal fire · rescue · ingenuity
marooned
Left stranded and helpless
beached · ashore · flotsam · jetsam · wreckage · lifeboat · raft · deserted island · Robinson Crusoe · Tom Hanks
forsake
Abandon completely
disown · repudiate · relinquish · leave behind · discard · reject · spurn · shun · dismiss · banish
foraging
Seeking wild food sources
- shelterProtected place or structure
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
endurance · wilderness · hunting · fishing · fresh water · edible plants · signal fire · rescue · ingenuity · adaptation
toss
Light, casual throw
scrap · ditch · junk · shed · rid · unload · purge · eliminate · expunge · eject
- abandonedabandoned, abandoned building, abandoned factory, abandoned hospital, abandoned mine
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase