Shipwreck

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision.
  • noun. The remains of a wrecked ship.
  • noun. A complete failure or ruin.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To cause a ship to be destroyed, as by storm or collision.
  • transitive verb. To cause (a passenger or sailor on a ship) to suffer shipwreck.
  • transitive verb. To ruin utterly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The destruction or loss of a vessel by foundering at sea, by striking on a rock or shoal, or the like; the wreck of a ship.
  • noun. Total failure; destruction; ruin.
  • noun. Shattered remains, as of a vessel which has been wrecked; wreck; wreckage.
  • To wreck; subject to the perils and distress of shipwreck.
  • To wreck; ruin; destroy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.
  • transitive verb. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck.
  • noun. The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
  • noun. A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
  • noun. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A boat that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
  • noun. An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
  • verb. To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an accident that destroys a ship at sea
  • verb. cause to experience shipwreck
  • noun. an irretrievable loss
  • verb. destroy a ship
  • verb. suffer failure, as in some enterprise
  • verb. ruin utterly
  • noun. a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
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