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Shipwreck Very Common

Shipwreck has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

2

an irretrievable loss

"that was the shipwreck of their romance"

3

an accident that destroys a ship at sea

4

A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.

Verb
1

ruin utterly

"You have shipwrecked my career"

2

suffer failure, as in some enterprise

3

cause to experience shipwreck

"They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"

4

destroy a ship

"The vessel was shipwrecked"

5

To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.

Example Sentences
"that was the shipwreck of their romance" noun
"You have shipwrecked my career" verb
"They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea" verb
"The vessel was shipwrecked" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ship ruin accident fail subject destroy
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
capsizing
Rhyming Words
eck neck meck weck heck reck feck peck teck deck geck veck seck keck beck steck freck kneck breck sneck
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