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Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.

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.) 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..

Hoveler :: Hoveler (n.) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.

Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) A vessel employed by wreckers.

Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

Shipwrecked :: Shipwrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Shipwrec.

Naufragous :: Naufragous (a.) causing shipwreck.

Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked..

Lifeboat :: Lifeboat (n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people..

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..

Jettison :: "Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck..

Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.

Wrack :: Wrack (n.) Wreck; ruin; destruction.

Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel..

Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like..

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..

Flotson :: Flotson (n.) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson..

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train..

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