English dictionary

shipwreck

/'/S//I/p,r/E/k/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
an irretrievable loss

noun.event

Examples
That was the shipwreck of their romance.

Source: WordNet 3.0
an accident that destroys a ship at sea

noun.event

Synonyms wreck

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

noun

Source: webster1913

ruin utterly

verb.social

Examples
You have shipwrecked my career.

Source: WordNet 3.0
suffer failure, as in some enterprise

verb.social

Source: WordNet 3.0
cause to experience shipwreck

verb.perception

Examples
They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea.

Source: WordNet 3.0
destroy a ship

verb.contact

Examples
The vessel was shipwrecked.

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

verb

Source: webster1913