Definitions for shipwreck

Definitions for (noun) shipwreck

Main entry: shipwreck

Definition: a wrecked ship (or a part of one)


Main entry: wreck, shipwreck

Definition: an accident that destroys a ship at sea


Main entry: shipwreck

Definition: an irretrievable loss

Usage: that was the shipwreck of their romance


Definitions for (verb) shipwreck

Main entry: shipwreck

Definition: destroy a ship

Usage: The vessel was shipwrecked


Main entry: shipwreck

Definition: cause to experience shipwreck

Usage: They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea


Main entry: shipwreck

Definition: suffer failure, as in some enterprise


Main entry: shipwreck

Definition: ruin utterly

Usage: You have shipwrecked my career


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