Definition of wreck

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

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Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck..
Smash :: Smash (n.) A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t. & n.) See 2d & 3d Wreak.
Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked..
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars..
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..
Rack :: Rack (n.) A wreck; destruction.
Flotson :: Flotson (n.) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.
Wreckfish :: Wreckfish (n.) A stone bass.
Bewreck :: Bewreck (v. t.) To wreck.
Wreckful :: Wreckful (a.) Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive.
Wrecking :: Wrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrec.
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..
Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.
Wrack :: Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.
Jettison :: "Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck..
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