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shipwreck


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shipwreck  \Ship"wreck`\,  n. 
  1.  The  breaking  in  pieces,  or  shattering,  of  a  ship  or  other 
  vessel  by  being  cast  ashore  or  driven  against  rocks, 
  shoals,  etc.,  by  the  violence  of  the  winds  and  waves. 
 
  2.  A  ship  wrecked  or  destroyed  upon  the  water,  or  the  parts 
  of  such  a  ship;  wreckage.  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  Fig.:  Destruction;  ruin;  irretrievable  loss 
 
  Holding  faith  and  a  good  conscience,  which  some 
  having  put  away  concerning  faith  have  made 
  shipwreck.  --1  Tim.  1. 
  19. 
 
  It  was  upon  an  Indian  bill  that  the  late  ministry 
  had  made  shipwreck.  --J.  Morley. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shipwreck  \Ship"wreck`\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shipwrecked};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Shipwrecking}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  Shipwrecking  storms  and  direful  thunders  break. 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  cause  to  experience  shipwreck,  as  sailors  or 
  passengers.  Hence  to  cause  to  suffer  some  disaster  or 
  loss  to  destroy  or  ruin,  as  if  by  shipwreck;  to  wreck; 
  as  to  shipwreck  a  business.  --Addison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shipwreck 
  n  1:  a  wrecked  ship  (or  a  part  of  one) 
  2:  an  irretrievable  loss  "that  was  the  shipwreck  of  their 
  romance" 
  3:  an  accident  that  destroys  a  ship  at  sea  [syn:  {wreck}] 
  v  1:  ruin  utterly;  "You  have  shipwrecked  my  career" 
  2:  suffer  failure,  as  in  some  enterprise 
  3:  cause  to  experience  shipwreck;  "They  were  shipwrecked  in  one 
  of  the  mysteries  at  sea" 
  4:  destroy  a  ship:  "The  vessel  was  shipwrecked" 




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