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 ]

    shipwreck (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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