Definition of wreck

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Wreck (v. t.) To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train..

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Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) A vessel employed by wreckers.
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..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage..
Wrecking :: Wrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrec.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on..
Wreckfish :: Wreckfish (n.) A stone bass.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering..
Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked..
Wrack :: Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.
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..
Rack :: Rack (n.) A wreck; destruction.
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..
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea..
Hoveler :: Hoveler (n.) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck..
Rock :: Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
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..
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