Associations to the word «Shipwreck»
Noun
- Ship
- Island
- Sunk
- Wreck
- Salvage
- Batavia
- Survivor
- Archaeology
- Lifeboat
- Terence
- Shoal
- Spence
- Reef
- Tempest
- Medusa
- Schooner
- Diver
- Artefact
- Diving
- Artifact
- Lighthouse
- Graveyard
- Sable
- Archaeologist
- Drowning
- Peril
- Buoy
- Narrative
- Mariner
- Treasure
- Gibbs
- Voyage
- Escape
- Sonar
- Dive
- Chattanooga
- Disaster
- Piracy
- Excavation
- Centaur
- Wreckage
- Jamestown
- Coastline
- Sailor
- Seaman
- Coast
- Raft
- Pirate
- Chatham
- Shipping
- Cove
- Ceramics
- Storm
- Sinking
- Eritrea
- Calamity
- Mutiny
- Isle
- Steamship
- Trask
- Cargo
- Rescue
- Malta
- Sea
- Catastrophe
- Royale
- Shore
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
SHIPWRECK, noun. A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
SHIPWRECK, noun. An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
SHIPWRECK, noun. (figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
SHIPWRECK, verb. To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.
Dictionary definition
SHIPWRECK, noun. A wrecked ship (or a part of one).
SHIPWRECK, noun. An irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance".
SHIPWRECK, noun. An accident that destroys a ship at sea.
SHIPWRECK, verb. Ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career".
SHIPWRECK, verb. Suffer failure, as in some enterprise.
SHIPWRECK, verb. Cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea".
SHIPWRECK, verb. Destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked".
Wise words
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