shipwreck
noun
the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
have shipwrecked
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present perfectof shipwreck.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Not sure what’s next, I pull my phone from its waterproof case and learn that English King Richard the Lionheart is said to have shipwrecked on Lokrum while returning from the Crusades in 1192.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021
During his six-month stewardship of Britain he had weathered a series of crises that would have shipwrecked a lesser man and brought down many a stronger government.
From Time Magazine Archive
Your father's fault—a fault that would have shipwrecked fourfold more ability than ever he possessed—was a timidity that went to very cowardice.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever
I have done wrong, and have shipwrecked every hope in this world.
From Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope
Its misty, alluring signals have shipwrecked many an artistic mariner, and—but pshaw!
From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by James Huneker
