shipwreck

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy

   A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.

   • heaven will drive shipwrecks ashore to make us all rich
   • Blackfishing from the beach. I've done my research. Hundreds of shipwrecks line the Jersey coast, and many of them are close enough to reach with a long cast on a dead-low tide. These wrecks hold tautog, porgies, sea bass, flounder.
   • The shipwreck is the earliest examples yet found of a propeller-driven steamship on the Great Lakes.
2. 2

   An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

   • they made the coast of Cochin China, and the tempests, which rose at the same time, threatened them more than once with shipwreck
   • But now, ten years later, after his recent shipwreck, he cannot compete as a runner, though he can outthrow the slighter Phaeacians with the heaviest discus.
3. 3

   Destruction

   Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss.

   • Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck.
   • It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck.
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   1. 4

      To wreck a boat through a collision or other mishap.

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