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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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-master :: Wreck-master (n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck..
Shipwrecked :: Shipwrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Shipwrec.
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..
Naufrage :: Naufrage (n.) Shipwreck; ruin.
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.) A vessel employed by wreckers.
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..
Bewreck :: Bewreck (v. t.) To wreck.
Lifeboat :: Lifeboat (n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people..
Wreckfish :: Wreckfish (n.) A stone bass.
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..
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..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
Rack :: Rack (n.) A wreck; destruction.
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea..
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