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shipwreck

Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪprɛk/
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Definition of shipwreck

noun

  • the destruction of a ship at sea by sinking or breaking up, for example in a storm or after striking a rock: these islands have a history of shipwrecks and smuggling [mass noun]:the angry waves, whose fury heralds shipwreck figurativeby rejecting conscience, they have made a shipwreck of their faith
  • a ship so destroyed:the detritus of a forgotten shipwreck

verb

(be shipwrecked)
  • (of a person or ship) suffer a shipwreck: the English envoy was shipwrecked off the coast of Sardinia and nearly drowned (as adjective shipwrecked)she found herself clinging to the kitchen cabinet like a shipwrecked mariner to a rock

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