Definition of wreck

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Wreck (v. t. & n.) See 2d & 3d Wreak.

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Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train..
Rock :: Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage..
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.) 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..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on..
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..
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..
Wrack :: Wrack (n.) Wreck; ruin; destruction.
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..
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) A vessel employed by wreckers.
Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked..
Picaroon :: Picaroon (n.) One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper..
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.
Naufragous :: Naufragous (a.) causing shipwreck.
Shipwrecking :: Shipwrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shipwrec.
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like..
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