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English to English noun
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a wrecked ship (or a part of one) |  | source: wordnet30
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an irretrievable loss | | Example: that was the shipwreck of their romance
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an accident that destroys a ship at sea | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
verb
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ruin utterly | | Example: You have shipwrecked my career
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suffer failure, as in some enterprise | | source: wordnet30
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cause to experience shipwreck | | Example: They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea
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destroy a ship | | Example: The vessel was shipwrecked
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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. | | source: webster1913
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