What is the meaning of shipwreck?

noun

  • A wrecked ship (or a part of one. )
  • An irretrievable loss.
    • usage: "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
  • An accident that destroys a ship at sea.

verb

  • Ruin utterly.
    • usage: "You have shipwrecked my career"
  • Suffer failure, as in some enterprise.
  • Cause to experience shipwreck.
    • usage: "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
  • Destroy a ship.
    • usage: "The vessel was shipwrecked"
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