shipwreck

noun

  1. 1

    a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

  2. 2

    an accident that destroys a ship at sea

  3. 3

    an irretrievable loss

    that was the shipwreck of their romance

verb

  1. 1

    destroy a ship

    The vessel was shipwrecked

  2. 2

    cause to experience shipwreck

    They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea

  3. 3

    suffer failure, as in some enterprise

  4. 4

    ruin utterly

    You have shipwrecked my career

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