shipwreck

  • 31shipwreck — 1. noun /ˈʃɪpɹɛk/ a) A boat that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy. b) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. 2. verb /ˈʃɪpɹɛk/ To wreck a boat through a …

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  • 32shipwreck — Synonyms and related words: accident, beach, blow, break up, breakdown, breaking up, breakup, bring to ruin, calamity, capsize, cast away, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, cave, cave in, collapse, collision, condemn, confound, consume,… …

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  • 33shipwreck — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. derelict, castaway, wreckage, flotsam, hulk; ruin, bankruptcy, etc. v. wreck, ruin, scuttle, sink, capsize, run ashore; ground; shatter, destroy, fail. See destruction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …

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  • 34shipwreck — n. remains of a destroyed ship; destruction or sinking of a ship; destruction, ruin v. destroy or sink a ship; be sunk, be destroyed (of a ship); shatter, destroy, ruin …

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  • 35shipwreck — forlidennes …

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  • 36shipwreck — I. n. Wreck, ruin, perdition, destruction, miscarriage, overthrow, subversion, demolition. II. v. a. Wreck, strand, cast away …

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  • 37shipwreck — ship·wreck …

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  • 38shipwreck —   Ili (go aground); nāhāhā (broken to bits); piholo (sunk); alapoki (rare).    ♦ Shipwrecked person, ōlulo …

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  • 39shipwreck — The demolition or shattering of a vessel, caused by her driving ashore or on rocks and shoals in the midseas, or by the violence of winds and waves in tempests …

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  • 40shipwreck — See wreck …

    Ballentine's law dictionary