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ship·wreck
/
ˈʃɪpˌrɛk
/
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[
ship
-rek
]
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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.
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verb (used without object)
6.
to suffer shipwreck.
Origin:
before 1100;
Middle English
shipwrech
remains of a shipwreck;
see
ship
,
wreck
;
replacing
Old English
scipwræc
(
see
wrack
1
)
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shipwreck
(ˈʃɪpˌrɛk)
—
n
1.
the partial or total destruction of a ship at sea
2.
a wrecked ship or part of such a ship
3.
ruin or destruction:
the shipwreck of all my hopes
—
vb
4.
to wreck or destroy (a ship)
5.
to bring to ruin or destruction
[Old English
scipwræc,
from
ship
+
wræc
something driven by the sea; see
wrack
²]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
shipwreck
mid-15c., from
ship
(n.) +
wreck
. Earlier it meant "things cast up from a shipwreck" (c.1100). The verb is recorded from 1580s. The earlier word for "shipwreck" in the modern sense was M.E. schipbreke, from O.E. scipbryce.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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