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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Wrecking :: Wrecking () a. & n. from Wreck, v..
Smash :: Smash (n.) A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
Wreck-master :: Wreck-master (n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea..
Shipwrecking :: Shipwrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shipwrec.
Wrack :: Wrack (n.) Wreck; ruin; destruction.
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..
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..
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.) 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..
Hoveler :: Hoveler (n.) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
Wreckfish :: Wreckfish (n.) A stone bass.
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..
Naufragous :: Naufragous (a.) causing shipwreck.
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train..
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..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t. & n.) See 2d & 3d Wreak.
Wrack :: Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.
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