shipwreck
shipwreck
Definition
ship·wreck (-rek′)
noun
- the remains of a wrecked ship; wreckage
- the loss or destruction of a ship through storm, collision, going aground, etc.
- any ruin, failure, or destruction
transitive verb
- to cause to undergo shipwreck
- to destroy, ruin, or wreck
- to maroon
shipwreck
Synonyms
shipwreck
Usage Examples
Object
- mariner: There were no towering columns of spume, no anglers clinging like shipwrecked mariners to the rocks.
- sailor: My personal theory is that they were all named by very hungry, shipwrecked sailors.
- crew: In the 1800s, shipwrecked crews ate them in order to survive.
Preposition: on
- island: Saturday, July 15, 2006 - Sunday, May 20, 2007 Imagine you have been shipwrecked on a desert island!
- coast: In 1064, Harold was shipwrecked on the coast of Ponthieu.
Adjective modifier
- historic: This reef is the site of several historic shipwrecks; however, the dive takes place on the deep water side along the wall.
- famous: Explore the planet's last frontier in search of true adventures with famous shipwrecks.
- numerous: Within the bay are the remains of numerous shipwrecks.
- many: You can also explore the many shipwrecks in the waters off the island.
- old: History: 3 Crusader Castles, Gothic Abbey, oldest shipwreck in the Mediterranean in Kyrenia Museum.
Converse of object
- survive: In 1762, he survived a shipwreck during a campaign against the Spanish that led to the capture of Havana, Cuba.
- suffer: Their vessel, laden with 116 tuns of wine, had suffered shipwreck near Shoreham.
- explore: You can also explore the many shipwrecks in the waters off the island.
- make: Don't let them make shipwreck of your faith.
Modifies a noun
- survivor: The West Coast Trail: Step up to the challenge It started as a path for shipwreck survivors on Vancouver Island.
- exploration: Leigh Bishop gave a deep shipwreck exploration presentation to a full house.
- site: There are almost 11,000 known shipwreck sites around the British Isles.
Preposition: off
- coast: There are over 10,000 shipwrecks off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Preposition: in
- water: You can also explore the many shipwrecks in the waters off the island.
Preposition: of
- faith: Alexander was once a disciple, yet he ' made shipwreck of the faith, '1 Tim.
shipwreck Quotes
When it has left a place where we have always found it, it is like shipwreck; we drop from security into something malevolent and bottomless.
This wench we speak of strays so from her kind, Nature repents she made her; 'tis a mermaid Has tolled my son to shipwreck
Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.
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