Shipwreck definition

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shipwrecked shipwrecks
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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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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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A complete failure or ruin.
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The destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision.
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The remains of a wrecked ship.
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To ruin utterly.
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To cause a ship to be destroyed, as by storm or collision.
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To cause (a passenger or sailor on a ship) to suffer shipwreck.
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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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Any ruin, failure, or destruction.
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Noun

Singular:
shipwreck
Plural:
shipwrecks

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).

  • There are almost 11,000 known shipwreck sites around the British Isles.

  • 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.

  • Not only his political hopes, but his domestic happiness had suffered shipwreck.

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