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–noun

1.	the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.

2.	the remains of a wrecked ship.

3.	destruction or ruin: the shipwreck of one's hopes.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to cause to suffer shipwreck.

5.	to destroy; ruin.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to suffer shipwreck.

[Origin: bef. 1100; ME shipwrech remains of a shipwreck; see ship, wreck; r. OE scipwræc (see wrack¹)

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ship·wreck Audio Help (shĭp'rěk') Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision.
2. The remains of a wrecked ship.
A complete failure or ruin.

tr.v. ship·wrecked, ship·wreck·ing, ship·wrecks

Nautical
1. To cause a ship to be destroyed, as by storm or collision.
2. To cause (a passenger or sailor on a ship) to suffer shipwreck.
To ruin utterly.

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shipwreck (n.)

c.1450, from ship (n.) + wreck. Earlier it meant "things cast up from a shipwreck" (c.1100). The verb is recorded from 1589. The earlier word for "shipwreck" in the modern sense was M.E. schipbreke, from O.E. scipbryce.

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shipwreck
noun
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
verb
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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ˈshipwreck1 noun

the accidental sinking or destruction of a ship
Example: There were many shipwrecks on the rocky coast.

Arabic:	غَرَق السَّفينَه، تَحَطُّم السَّفينَه
Chinese (Simplified):	船只失事
Chinese (Traditional):	船只失事
Czech:	ztroskotání lodí
Danish:	skibsvrag
Dutch:	schipbreuk
Estonian:	laevahukk
Finnish:	haaksirikko
French:	naufrage
German:	der Schiffbruch
Greek:	ναυάγιο
Hungarian:	hajótörés
Icelandic:	skipbrot
Indonesian:	kecelakaan kapal
Italian:	naufragio

Japanese:	難破
Korean:	난파, 난선(難船)
Latvian:	kuģa avārija, *bojāeja
Lithuanian:	laivo sudužimas
Norwegian:	skipbrudd, forlis
Polish:	katastrofa morska
Portuguese (Brazil):	naufrágio
Portuguese (Portugal):	naufrágio
Romanian:	naufragiu
Russian:	кораблекрушение
Slovak:	stroskotanie lodí
Slovenian:	brodolom
Spanish:	naufragio
Swedish:	skeppsbrott, förlisning
Turkish:	deniz, *gemi kazası

ˈshipwreck2 noun

a wrecked ship
Example: an old shipwreck on the shore

Arabic:	سَفينَه مُحَطَّمَه
Chinese (Simplified):	失事船的残骸
Chinese (Traditional):	失事船的殘骸
Czech:	vrak
Danish:	vrag
Dutch:	wrak
Estonian:	vrakk
Finnish:	laivanhylky
French:	épave
German:	das Wrack
Greek:	ναυαγισμένο πλοίο
Hungarian:	hajóroncs
Icelandic:	skipsflak
Indonesian:	reruntuhan kapal
Italian:	relitto

Japanese:	難破船
Korean:	난파선
Latvian:	kuģa vraks
Lithuanian:	sudužęs laivas
Norwegian:	skipsvrak
Polish:	wrak
Portuguese (Brazil):	navio naufragado
Portuguese (Portugal):	navio naufragado
Romanian:	epavă
Russian:	обломки судов
Slovak:	vrak
Slovenian:	razbitina
Spanish:	naufragio
Swedish:	vrak
Turkish:	gemi enkazı

ˈshipwreck verb

Example: We were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa.

Arabic:	تَغْرَق السَّفينَه، تَتَحَطَّم السَّفينَه
Chinese (Simplified):	遭受失事
Chinese (Traditional):	遭受失事
Czech:	ztroskotat
Danish:	forlise
Dutch:	schipbreuk lijden
Estonian:	laevahukku läbi tegema
Finnish:	haaksirikkoutua
French:	faire naufrage
German:	Schiffbruch erleiden
Greek:	ναυαγώ, βυθίζομαι
Hungarian:	hajótörést szenved
Icelandic:	bíða skipbrot
Indonesian:	terdampar
Italian:	fare naufragio*, naufragare

Japanese:	難破する
Korean:	…을 난파시키다
Latvian:	ciest kuģa avārijā; (par kuģi) avarēt
Lithuanian:	patirti laivo katastrofą
Norwegian:	lide skipbrudd
Polish:	uczynić rozbitkiem
Portuguese (Brazil):	naufragar
Portuguese (Portugal):	naufragar
Romanian:	a naufragia
Russian:	потерпеть кораблекрушение
Slovak:	stroskotať
Slovenian:	doživeti brodolom
Spanish:	naufragar
Swedish:	lida skeppsbrott, förlisa
Turkish:	deniz kazasına uğramak

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Shipwreck

Ship"wreck`\, n. 1. 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. A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage. --Dryden.

3. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.

Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck. --1 Tim. 1. 19.

It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck. --J. Morley.

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Shipwreck

Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shipwrecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shipwrecking.]

1. 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.

Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. --Shak.

2. 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. --Addison.

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