Shipwreck meaning

shĭp'rĕk'
The remains of a wrecked ship; wreckage.
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The loss or destruction of a ship through storm, collision, going aground, etc.
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A complete failure or ruin.
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To cause to undergo shipwreck.
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To cause, as a result of a shipwreck, to be stranded in some desolate place, as a desert island.
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To destroy, ruin, or wreck.
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A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.

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An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
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To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.
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To ruin utterly.
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Any ruin, failure, or destruction.
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Origin of shipwreck

  • From Middle English schip-wracke, from Old English scipwræc (“jetsam"), equivalent to ship +"Ž wrack. Cognate with Scots schip-wrak (“to shipwreck", verb), Swedish skeppsvrak (“shipwreck").
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Shipwreck Sentence Examples

  • St Paul's Bay was the site of shipwreck of the apostle in A.D.

  • The claim that St Paul was shipwrecked at Meleda off the Dalmatian coast, and not at Malta, has been clearly set at rest, on nautical grounds, by Mr Smith of Jordanhill (Voyage and Shipwreck of St Paul, London, 1848).

  • Crusoe's shipwreck and adventures, his finding the footprint in the sand, his man "Friday," - the whole atmosphere of romance which surrounds the position of the civilized man fending for himself on a desert island - these have made Defoe's great work an imperishable part of English literature.

  • The heaviest losses were due to war, shipwreck and tropical diseases, but large numbers of the underpaid or unpaid soldiers deserted to the armies of native states.

  • He also contributed papers to Archaeologia on the site of Babylon, the island of St Paul's shipwreck, and the landing-place of Caesar in Britain.

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