SHIPWRECK
\ʃˈɪpɹɛk], \ʃˈɪpɹɛk], \ʃ_ˈɪ_p_ɹ_ɛ_k]\
Definitions of SHIPWRECK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
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an accident that destroys a ship at sea
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an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
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destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"
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cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
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suffer failure, as in some enterprise
By Princeton University
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a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
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an accident that destroys a ship at sea
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an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
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destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"
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cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
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suffer failure, as in some enterprise
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
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Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
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Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The destruction of a ship by disaster at sea, or by grounding; a wrecked ship; utter ruin.
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To cause to suffer shipwreck; to bring ruin or destruction to.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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