shipwrecking

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present participle of shipwreck
shipwreck
To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap
shipwreck
{n} the loss of a ship, destruction, ruin
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{v} to suffer shipwreck, destroy, ruin
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suffer failure, as in some enterprise
shipwreck
A shipwreck is a ship which has been destroyed in an accident at sea. = wreck
shipwreck
a wrecked ship (or a part of one) an accident that destroys a ship at sea an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance" destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked" cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea" suffer failure, as in some enterprise ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career
shipwreck
Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business
shipwreck
If someone is shipwrecked, their ship is destroyed in an accident at sea but they survive and manage to reach land. He was shipwrecked after visiting the island. be shipwrecked if someone is shipwrecked, they are in a boat or ship when it is destroyed in an accident
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shipwreck
An event where a ship sinks or runs aground
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To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers
shipwreck
{f} destroy or sink a ship; be sunk, be destroyed (of a ship); shatter, destroy, ruin
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an accident that destroys a ship at sea
shipwreck
A boat that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy
shipwreck
Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
shipwreck
a wrecked ship (or a part of one) an accident that destroys a ship at sea an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
shipwreck
A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage
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ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"
shipwreck
If there is a shipwreck, a ship is destroyed in an accident at sea. He was drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Spain
shipwreck
cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
shipwreck
by the violence of the winds and waves
shipwreck
suffer failure, as in some enterprise ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career
shipwreck
The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc
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an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
shipwreck
a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
shipwreck
{i} remains of a destroyed ship; destruction or sinking of a ship; destruction, ruin
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destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"
shipwreck
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