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Shipwreck

Ship'wrĕck, n.

noun

(-rĕk), n. 1. The breaking in pieces or shattering of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, and the like, by the violence of the winds and waves. Arnould.

A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship. Dryden.
Hence, total destruction; ruin.

Having faith and a good conscience, which some, having put away, concerning the faith have made shipwreck. 1 Tim. i. 19.

Ship′wrĕck, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SHIPWRECKED (-rĕkt); p. pr. & vb. n. SHIPWRECKING.] 1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sand-banks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest. Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. Shak. 2. To expose, as sailors, to destruction by the loss of a ship; as, shipwrecked mariners. Addison.