shipwreck
noun
- 1
a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
- 2
an accident that destroys a ship at sea
- 3
an irretrievable loss
that was the shipwreck of their romance
verb
- 1
destroy a ship
The vessel was shipwrecked
- 2
cause to experience shipwreck
They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea
- 3
suffer failure, as in some enterprise
- 4
ruin utterly
You have shipwrecked my career
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