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Shipwreck

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Noun

1. shipwreck

a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

2. shipwreck

an irretrievable loss

Example Sentences:
'that was the shipwreck of their romance'

3. shipwreck, wreck

an accident that destroys a ship at sea

Verb

4. shipwreck

ruin utterly

Example Sentences:
'You have shipwrecked my career'

5. shipwreck

suffer failure, as in some enterprise

6. shipwreck

cause to experience shipwreck

Example Sentences:
'They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea'

7. shipwreck

destroy a ship

Example Sentences:
'The vessel was shipwrecked'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shipwreck

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noun
1. 
the partial or total destruction of a ship at sea
2. 
a wrecked ship or part of such a ship
3. 
ruin or destruction
the shipwreck of all my hopes
verb (transitive)
4. 
to wreck or destroy (a ship)
5. 
to bring to ruin or destruction

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Shipwreck

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noun
1. 
the remains of a wrecked ship; wreckage
2. 
the loss or destruction of a ship through storm, collision, going aground, etc.
3. 
any ruin, failure, or destruction
verb transitive
4. 
to cause to undergo shipwreck
5. 
to destroy, ruin, or wreck
6. 
to maroon

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shipwreck

see synonyms of shipwreck
n.
1.
a. The destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision.
b. The remains of a wrecked ship.
2. A complete failure or ruin.
tr.v. ship·wrecked, ship·wreck·ing, ship·wrecks
1.
a. To cause a ship to be destroyed, as by storm or collision.
b. To cause (a passenger or sailor on a ship) to suffer shipwreck.
2. To ruin utterly.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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