Definition of wreck

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

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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.
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..
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..
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
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..
Flotson :: Flotson (n.) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson..
Wreck-master :: Wreck-master (n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage..
Shipwrecking :: Shipwrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shipwrec.
Wreckfish :: Wreckfish (n.) A stone bass.
Wreckful :: Wreckful (a.) Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on..
Wrack :: Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like..
Floating :: Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air..
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..
Shipwrecked :: Shipwrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Shipwrec.
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Swampy :: Swamp (v. i.) To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked..
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