Definition of wreck

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Wreck (v. t. & n.) See 2d & 3d Wreak.

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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..
Wrack :: Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. (b) One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the wreckers of Key West..
Hoveler :: Hoveler (n.) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
Jettison :: "Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck..
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck..
Naufrage :: Naufrage (n.) Shipwreck; ruin.
Wreckfish :: Wreckfish (n.) A stone bass.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel..
Lifeboat :: Lifeboat (n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people..
Rock :: Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
Wrecking :: Wrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrec.
Rack :: Rack (n.) A wreck; destruction.
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
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..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train..
Naufragous :: Naufragous (a.) causing shipwreck.
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
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