shipwreck
the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
the remains of a wrecked ship.
destruction or ruin: the shipwreck of one's hopes.
to cause to suffer shipwreck.
to destroy; ruin.
to suffer shipwreck.
Origin of shipwreck
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How to use shipwreck in a sentence
Stanford’s OceanOne diving robot was able to retrieve a vase from an underwater shipwreck, hypothetically reducing the need for people to go on dangerous diving missions.
Tesla wants to make humanoid robots. Here’s their competition. | Charlotte Hu | August 24, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIntrepid locals have long practiced what is now known as deep-water free-soloing—climbing sheer limestone faces with only the ocean to break your fall—and free diving among hundreds of shipwrecks that rest offshore.
More generally, you can’t explain the presence of a lifeboat aboard a pirate ship only in terms of an actual shipwreck.
Our Little Life Is Rounded with Possibility - Issue 102: Hidden Truths | Chiara Marletto | June 9, 2021 | NautilusThat revelation coincided with the introduction of zombies to Verdansk, which first appeared at the site of a shipwreck on the map’s southeast shoreline near the prison.
While traveling 1,000 miles on her custom fat bike, Leeming wove past aging shipwrecks and sun-bleached animal bones and took in stunning views of the arid landscape.
Kate Leeming Travels Namibia’s Skeleton Coast by Bike | Outside Editors | April 7, 2021 | Outside Online
Instead, the Giglese will commemorate the shipwreck with a prayer service on Jan. 13 every year, and nothing more.
Saying Goodbye to the Salvage Saviors of Giglio | Barbie Latza Nadeau | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe discovery of the latest victims brings to 25 the total confirmed dead from the fatal shipwreck.
8 More Bodies Found on Shipwrecked Italian Cruise Ship | Barbie Latza Nadeau | February 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHow much is a terrifying experience like surviving a shipwreck worth?
Why Survivors Aren’t Buying Costa Concordia’s Compensation Offer | Barbie Latza Nadeau | January 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe faces charges of multiple manslaughter, abandoning ship, and causing a shipwreck.
Costa Concordia Mess Widens With Salvage Team, Criminal Probe | Barbie Latza Nadeau | January 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe faces pending charges for multiple counts of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and abandoning ship.
Francesco Schettino, the Costa Concordia’s Daredevil Captain | Barbie Latza Nadeau | January 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThus wanderingMy thought in this immensity is drowned;And sweet to me is shipwreck on this sea.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi | Giacomo LeopardiIt was her daughter, Helene, who had just escaped shipwreck, saving only one child.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheOf this shipwreck Machault says never a word; he merely says that Ceyx died in the sea.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerHe was all they had, this baby—he was all they had saved out of the ruin of their lives, out of the shipwreck of their love.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairIn the rocky gorges of the ocean we may often trace a strange permanent impersonation of shipwreck.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor Hugo
British Dictionary definitions for shipwreck
/ (ˈʃɪpˌrɛk) /
the partial or total destruction of a ship at sea
a wrecked ship or part of such a ship
ruin or destruction: the shipwreck of all my hopes
to wreck or destroy (a ship)
to bring to ruin or destruction
Origin of shipwreck
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