Definition of wreck

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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..

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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..
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck..
Bewreck :: Bewreck (v. t.) To wreck.
Shipwrecked :: Shipwrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Shipwrec.
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..
Flotson :: Flotson (n.) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson..
Naufrage :: Naufrage (n.) Shipwreck; ruin.
Wrack :: Wrack (n.) Wreck; ruin; destruction.
Jettison :: "Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea..
Smash :: Smash (n.) A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) A vessel employed by wreckers.
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..
Rock :: Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.
Wrecking :: Wrecking () a. & n. from Wreck, v..
Rack :: Rack (n.) A wreck; destruction.
Wreckful :: Wreckful (a.) Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive.
Wrecking :: Wrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrec.
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