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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Jettison :: "Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of 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..
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.) 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..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering..
Flotson :: Flotson (n.) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson..
Shipwrecking :: Shipwrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shipwrec.
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..
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.) 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..
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..
Picaroon :: Picaroon (n.) One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper..
Rack :: Rack (n.) A wreck; destruction.
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..
Shipwrecked :: Shipwrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Shipwrec.
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
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..
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
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