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shipwreck

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shipwreck
/ship"rek'/, n.
1. the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
2. the remains of a wrecked ship.
3. destruction or ruin: the shipwreck of one's hopes.
v.t.
4. to cause to suffer shipwreck.
5. to destroy; ruin.
v.i.
6. to suffer shipwreck.
[bef. 1100; ME shipwrech remains of a shipwreck; see SHIP, WRECK; r. OE scipwraec (see WRACK1)]

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