Definition of wreck

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Wreck (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on..

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Rock :: Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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..
Smash :: Smash (n.) A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
Bewreck :: Bewreck (v. t.) To wreck.
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..
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.
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
Wrack :: Wrack (n.) Wreck; ruin; destruction.
Picaroon :: Picaroon (n.) One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to 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..
Shipwrecking :: Shipwrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shipwrec.
Shipwrecked :: Shipwrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Shipwrec.
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..
Wrecking :: Wrecking () a. & n. from Wreck, v..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
Floating :: Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air..
Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked..
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like..
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