- 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. - A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts
of such a ship; wreckage. - Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
2 . Shipwreck
[ v. t.]
- 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. - To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or
passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy
or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business.
Meaning of 'shipwreck' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . shipwreck
[ n]
Meaning (1): - an irretrievable loss
Example in sentence:
that was the shipwreck of their romance
2 . shipwreck
[ v]
Meaning (2): - destroy a ship
Example in sentence:
The vessel was shipwrecked
Meaning (3): - cause to experience shipwreck
Example in sentence:
They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea