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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Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.
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..
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..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t. & n.) See 2d & 3d Wreak.
Lifeboat :: Lifeboat (n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people..
Naufragous :: Naufragous (a.) causing shipwreck.
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like..
Wrack :: Wrack (v. t.) To 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..
Wreckfish :: Wreckfish (n.) A stone bass.
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.) The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
Shipwrecked :: Shipwrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Shipwrec.
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..
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-master :: Wreck-master (n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck..
Rock :: Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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