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shipwreck

[ ship-rek ]

noun

  1. the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
  2. the remains of a wrecked ship.
  3. destruction or ruin:

    the shipwreck of one's hopes.



verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to suffer shipwreck.
  2. to destroy; ruin.

verb (used without object)

  1. to suffer shipwreck.

shipwreck

/ ˈʃɪˌɛ /

noun

  1. the partial or total destruction of a ship at sea
  2. a wrecked ship or part of such a ship
  3. ruin or destruction

    the shipwreck of all my hopes

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to wreck or destroy (a ship)
  2. to bring to ruin or destruction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of shipwreck1

before 1100; Middle English shipwrech remains of a shipwreck; ship 1, wreck; replacing Old English ɰæ ( wrack )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of shipwreck1

Old English ɰæ, from ship + ɰæ something driven by the sea; see wrack ²
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As John Blackthorne, a shipwrecked English navigator who is taken prisoner, he becomes involved in a battle among warlords seeking to become Japan’s supreme military ruler and falls in love with his married interpreter.

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Then he was saved by a lifeboat after being a victim of a shipwreck.

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The first Pat Brewin knew about her sister and brother-in-law being shipwrecked at sea in a dinghy and rubber life raft - tied together for nearly four months - was when she watched the News at 10.

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I waded in and swam out to the woman, who was about parallel to the shipwreck in the deeper waters.

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The shipwrecked people then managed to contact Alarm Phone - an emergency hotline for migrants in trouble at sea.

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