shipwreck
v.
destroy or sink a ship; be sunk, be destroyed (of a ship); shatter, destroy, ruin
n.
remains of a destroyed ship; destruction or sinking of a ship; destruction, ruin
Shipwreck
A shipwreck or sunken ship can refer to the remains of a wrecked ship or to the event that caused the wreck, such as the striking of something that causes the ship to sink, the stranding of the ship on rocks, land or shoal, or the destruction of the ship at sea by violent weather. There are more than 3 million shipwrecks littering the ocean floor, the United Nations estimates.
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shipwreck
Noun
1. a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
(hypernym) ship
2. an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
(hypernym) ruin, ruination
3. an accident that destroys a ship at sea
(synonym) wreck
(hypernym) accident
(hyponym) capsizing
Verb
1. ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"
(hypernym) ruin
2. suffer failure, as in some enterprise
(hypernym) fail, go wrong, miscarry
3. cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
(hypernym) subject
(classification) water travel, seafaring
4. destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"
(hypernym) destroy, ruin
(derivation) wreck
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.
(v. t.)
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.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
(n.)
A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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shipwreck
v. a.
1.
جہاز کا تباہ کرنا,
2.
تباہ يا برباد کرنا, مصيبت ميں ڈالنا, (پامال کرنا)
shipwreck
n.
1.
بردبادي, تباہي, جہاز, جہاز شکني,
2.
تباہ جہازکے ٹکڑے
3.
بربادي, تباہي, آفت,