Danish Meaning of shipwreck

skibsvrag

Other Danish words related to skibsvrag

Definitions and Meaning of shipwreck in English

Wordnet

shipwreck (n)

a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

an irretrievable loss

an accident that destroys a ship at sea

Wordnet

shipwreck (v)

ruin utterly

suffer failure, as in some enterprise

cause to experience shipwreck

destroy a ship

Webster

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.

A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.

Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.

Webster

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.

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.

FAQs About the word shipwreck

skibsvrag

a wrecked ship (or a part of one), an irretrievable loss, an accident that destroys a ship at sea, ruin utterly, suffer failure, as in some enterprise, cause to

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