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SHIP'WRECK, n. [ship and wreck.]
1. The destruction of a ship or vessel by being cast ashore or broken to pieces by beating against rocks and the like.
2. The parts of a shattered ship.
3. Destruction.
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.
A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water,
or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
Dryden. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable
loss.
Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck. 1 Tim. 1. 19. It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck. J. Morley. 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.
Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. Shak. 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.
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