Definition of wreck

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

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Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Jettison :: "Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck..
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
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 remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
Bewreck :: Bewreck (v. t.) To wreck.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.
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..
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked..
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck..
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel..
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..
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
Wreckful :: Wreckful (a.) Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive.
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-master :: Wreck-master (n.) A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck..
Hoveler :: Hoveler (n.) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
Wrecked :: Wrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Wrec.
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