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shipwreck Definition

ship·wreck (-rek′)

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

transitive verb

  1. to cause to undergo shipwreck
  2. to destroy, ruin, or wreck
  3. to maroon

shipwreck Synonyms

shipwreck

n.

destruction, loss, sinking; see wreck 3.

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.

—Cather,Willa Sibert

This wench we speak of strays so from her kind, Nature repents she made her; 'tis a mermaid Has tolled my son to shipwreck

—Dekker,Thomas

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

—Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans

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