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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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