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1. (n.) shipwreck
the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
2. shipwreck
the remains of a wrecked ship.
3. shipwreck
any ruin or destruction.
4. (v.t.) shipwreck
to cause to suffer shipwreck.
5. shipwreck
to ruin; destroy.
6. (v.i.) shipwreck
to suffer shipwreck.
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| Definition of 'shipwreck' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) shipwreck
a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
2. (noun) shipwreck
an irretrievable loss
"that was the shipwreck of their romance"
3. (verb) shipwreck, wreck
an accident that destroys a ship at sea
4. (verb) shipwreck
ruin utterly
"You have shipwrecked my career"
5. (verb) shipwreck
suffer failure, as in some enterprise
6. (verb) shipwreck
cause to experience shipwreck
"They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
7. (verb) shipwreck
destroy a ship
"The vessel was shipwrecked"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) shipwreck
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. (noun) shipwreck
a ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage
3. (noun) shipwreck
fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
4. (verb) shipwreck
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
5. (verb) shipwreck
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
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Sense: the accidental sinking or destruction of a ship
There were many shipwrecks on the rocky coast.
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 Afrikaans: sinking |
 Arabic: غَرَق السَّفينَه، تَحَطُّ |
 Bulgarian: корабокрушение |
 Brazilian: naufrágio |
 Czech: ztroskotání lodí |
 German: der Schiffbruch |
 Danish: skibsvrag |
 Greek: ναυάγιο |
 Spanish: naufragio |
 Estonian: laevahukk |
 Farsi: غرق |
 Finnish: haaksirikko |
 French: naufrage |
 Hebrew: אָבדַן סְפִינָה |
 Hindi: दुर्घटना में जहाज का डूब |
 Croatian: brodolom |
 Hungarian: hajótörés |
 Indonesian: kecelakaan kapal |
 Icelandic: skipbrot |
 Italian: naufragio |
 Japanese: 難破 |
 Korean: 난파 |
 Lithuanian: laivo sudužimas |
 Latvian: kuģa avārija/bojāeja |
 Malay: nahas kapal |
 Dutch: schipbreuk |
 Norwegian: skipbrudd, forlis |
 Polish: katastrofa morska |
 Persian: غرق |
 Pashto: ماته بيړۍ، ډوبه بيړۍ: ورا |
 Portuguese: naufrágio |
 Romanian: naufragiu |
 Russian: кораблекрушение |
 Slovak: stroskotanie lodí |
 Slovenian: brodolom |
 Serbian: brodolom |
 Swedish: skeppsbrott, förlisning |
 Thai: การอับปางของเรือ |
 Turkish: deniz/gemi kazası |
 Taiwanese: 船難沉沒或毀損 |
 Ukrainian: корабельна аварія |
 Urdu: جہاز کی تباہی |
 Vietnamese: nạn đắm tàu |
 Chinese: 船只失事 |
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