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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Naufrage :: Naufrage (n.) Shipwreck; ruin.
Naufragous :: Naufragous (a.) causing shipwreck.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train..
Jettison :: "Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t. & n.) See 2d & 3d Wreak.
Wrecked :: Wrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Wrec.
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
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 :: Wreck (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train..
Picaroon :: Picaroon (n.) One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper..
Wrack :: Wrack (v. t.) To wreck.
Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.
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..
Wreckful :: Wreckful (a.) Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive.
Shipwrecking :: Shipwrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shipwrec.
Rock :: Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like..
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