Definition of wreck

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Wreck (v. t.) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea..

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Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck..
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..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; 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 :: Wreck (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on..
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like..
Floating :: Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air..
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
Smash :: Smash (n.) A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
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..
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) A vessel employed by wreckers.
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck..
Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Wrack :: Wrack (n.) Wreck; ruin; destruction.
Wrack :: Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.
Naufrage :: Naufrage (n.) Shipwreck; ruin.
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