'Shipwreck' definitions:
Definition of 'shipwreck'
(from WordNet)
noun
A wrecked ship (or a part of one)
noun
An irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
noun
An accident that destroys a ship at sea [syn: shipwreck, wreck]
verb
Ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"
verb
Suffer failure, as in some enterprise
verb
Cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
verb
Destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"
Definition of 'Shipwreck'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss. [1913 Webster]
- Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck. --1 Tim. 1. 19. [1913 Webster]
- It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck. --J. Morley. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shipwreck'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shipwreck'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- contretemps,
- crack-up,
- crash,
- damn,
- deal destruction,
- debacle,
- decimate,
- depredate,
- desolate,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- devastate,
- devour,
- disaster,
- dissolve,
- engorge,
- founder,
- go down,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- grief,
- ground,
- gut,
- gut with fire,
- havoc,
- ill hap,
- incinerate,
- lay in ruins,
- lay waste,
- misadventure,
- mischance,
- misfortune,
- mishap,
- nasty blow,
- pile up,
- pileup,
- ravage,
- ruin,
- ruinate,
- run aground,
- scuttle,
- shock,
- sink,
- smash,
- smashup,
- staggering blow,
- strand,
- swallow up,
- take the ground,
- throw into disorder,
- total loss,
- tragedy,
- unleash destruction,
- unleash the hurricane,
- upheave,
- vandalize,
- vaporize,
- washout,
- waste,
- wrack,
- wreak havoc,
- wreck