Meaning & Definition of Shipwreck in English
English⟶
Shipwreck
/ʃɪprɛk/
noun
1. A wrecked ship (or a part of one)
synonym:
- shipwreck
2. An irretrievable loss
- "That was the shipwreck of their romance"
synonym:
- shipwreck
3. An accident that destroys a ship at sea
synonym:
- shipwreck,
- wreck
verb
1. Ruin utterly
- "You have shipwrecked my career"
synonym:
- shipwreck
2. Suffer failure, as in some enterprise
synonym:
- shipwreck
3. Cause to experience shipwreck
- "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
synonym:
- shipwreck
4. Destroy a ship
- "The vessel was shipwrecked"
synonym:
- shipwreck
Examples of using
Methinks I am like a man, who having struck on many shoals, and having narrowly escap'd shipwreck in passing a small frith, has yet the temerity to put out to sea in the same leaky weather-beaten vessel, and even carries his ambition so far as to think of compassing the globe under these disadvantageous circumstances.