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| ship·wreck [ shíp rèk ] |
noun (plural ship·wrecks) |
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1. sinking or destruction of ship: the sinking, destruction, or damaging of a ship while at sea
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2. sunken ship: a ship that has been sunk or destroyed
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3. destruction: the destruction or failure of something
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verb (past and past participle ship·wrecked, present participle ship·wreck·ing, 3rd person present singular ship·wrecks) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb involve somebody in shipwreck: to experience the sinking or destruction of a ship, or cause somebody to experience this
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usually passive
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  was shipwrecked on a desert island
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2. transitive and intransitive verb sink ship: to sink or destroy a ship, or be sunk or destroyed at sea
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usually passive
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3. transitive verb ruin something: to ruin or destroy something utterly
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literary
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