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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..

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..

Wrecking :: Wrecking () a. & n. from Wreck, v..

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

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

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

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

Rack :: Rack (n.) A wreck; destruction.

Hoveler :: Hoveler (n.) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.

Rock :: Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck..

Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering..

Bewreck :: Bewreck (v. t.) To wreck.

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

Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel..

Sight :: Sight (v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck..

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..

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

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..

Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.

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