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shipwrecked

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ship⋅wreck

  [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.
–verb (used without object)
6. to suffer shipwreck.
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME shipwrech remains of a shipwreck; see ship, wreck; r. OE scipwræc (see wrack 1 )
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ship·wreck   (shĭp'rěk')   
n.  

    1. The destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision.

    2. The remains of a wrecked ship.

  2. A complete failure or ruin.

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

  1. 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.

  2. To ruin utterly.

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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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