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Definition of wreck

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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..

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Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on..

Wrecking :: Wrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrec.

Wrecked :: Wrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Wrec.

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

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..

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

Bewreck :: Bewreck (v. t.) To wreck.

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..

Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..

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

Rack :: Rack (n.) A wreck; 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..

Sight :: Sight (v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck..

Rock :: Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.

Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering..

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

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

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

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

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..