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Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck..

Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves..

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck..

Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest..

Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..

Naufragous :: Naufragous (a.) causing shipwreck.

Shipwrecking :: Shipwrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shipwrec.

Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..

Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.

Flotson :: Flotson (n.) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson..

Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.

Wreck-master :: Wreck-master (n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck..

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea..

Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage..

Naufrage :: Naufrage (n.) Shipwreck; ruin.

Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business..

Lifeboat :: Lifeboat (n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people..

Shipwrecked :: Shipwrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Shipwrec.

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