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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Wreckful :: Wreckful (a.) Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive.
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..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
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..
Hoveler :: Hoveler (n.) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
Shipwrecking :: Shipwrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shipwrec.
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 bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train..
Wreckfish :: Wreckfish (n.) A stone bass.
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like..
Bewreck :: Bewreck (v. t.) To wreck.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
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..
Flotson :: Flotson (n.) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson..
Naufragous :: Naufragous (a.) causing shipwreck.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t. & n.) See 2d & 3d Wreak.
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) A vessel employed by wreckers.
Lifeboat :: Lifeboat (n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people..
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