English to English
shipwreck
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noun (n)
- a wrecked ship (or a part of one)(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- an irretrievable loss(noun.event)Example:
That was the shipwreck of their romance.
source: wordnet30 - 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)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- ruin utterly(verb.social)Example:
You have shipwrecked my career.
source: wordnet30 - suffer failure, as in some enterprise(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- cause to experience shipwreck(verb.perception)Example:
They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea.
source: wordnet30 - destroy a ship(verb.contact)Example:
The vessel was shipwrecked.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(verb)source: webster1913
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