Shipwreck - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈʃɪprek|  American pronunciation of the word shipwreck
Brit.  |ˈʃɪprek|  British pronunciation of the word shipwreck

noun

- a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
- an irretrievable loss
that was the shipwreck of their romance
- an accident that destroys a ship at sea (syn: wreck)

verb

- ruin utterly
You have shipwrecked my career
- suffer failure, as in some enterprise
- cause to experience shipwreck
They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea
- destroy a ship
The vessel was shipwrecked

Extra examples

Only a few sailors survived the shipwreck.

The crew narrowly avoided shipwreck.

Divers searched the sunken shipwreck.

You have shipwrecked my career

They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea

The vessel was shipwrecked

They salvaged what they could from the shipwreck.

Word forms

noun
singular: shipwreck
plural: shipwrecks
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