Definition of wreck

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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..

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Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering..
Wrecked :: Wrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Wrec.
Bewreck :: Bewreck (v. t.) To wreck.
Shipwrecked :: Shipwrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Shipwrec.
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..
Wrack :: Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.
Floating :: Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; 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..
Naufragous :: Naufragous (a.) causing shipwreck.
Wrecking :: Wrecking () a. & n. from Wreck, v..
Naufrage :: Naufrage (n.) Shipwreck; ruin.
Jettison :: "Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck..
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
Rack :: Rack (n.) A wreck; destruction.
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..
Rock :: Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
Wreck :: 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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