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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Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) That which has been wrecked; remains of 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..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..
Shipwrecking :: Shipwrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shipwrec.
Picaroon :: Picaroon (n.) One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper..
Wreck-master :: Wreck-master (n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck..
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) A vessel employed by wreckers.
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..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train..
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
Wrack :: Wrack (n.) Wreck; ruin; destruction.
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..
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like..
Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked..
Naufrage :: Naufrage (n.) Shipwreck; ruin.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel..
Wrack :: Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.
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