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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Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..
Wrack :: Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train..
Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.
Wrecked :: Wrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Wrec.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on..
Floating :: Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air..
Wreck-master :: Wreck-master (n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck..
Lifeboat :: Lifeboat (n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people..
Shipwrecking :: Shipwrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shipwrec.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering..
Shipwrecked :: Shipwrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Shipwrec.
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..
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..
Picaroon :: Picaroon (n.) One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper..
Naufrage :: Naufrage (n.) Shipwreck; ruin.
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest..
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.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
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