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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Rack :: Rack (n.) A wreck; destruction.
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train..
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage..
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck..
Wreck-master :: Wreck-master (n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck..
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..
Smash :: Smash (n.) A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
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.
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..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on..
Naufrage :: Naufrage (n.) Shipwreck; ruin.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t. & n.) See 2d & 3d Wreak.
Floating :: Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.
Wreckful :: Wreckful (a.) Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive.
Wreckfish :: Wreckfish (n.) A stone bass.
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