SHIPWRECK

• (noun) a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

• (noun) an accident that destroys a ship at sea

  synonyms : wreck

• (noun) an irretrievable loss

  "that was the shipwreck of their romance"

• (verb) destroy a ship

  "The vessel was shipwrecked"

• (verb) cause to experience shipwreck

  "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"

• (verb) suffer failure, as in some enterprise

• (verb) ruin utterly

  "You have shipwrecked my career"

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