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Definition of 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"

Similar Words: wreck

Hyponyms: capsizing

Derivational Morphology: bust up, wreck, wrack

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