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shipwreck

Shipwreck is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter K for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(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.
(n.) A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
(n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
(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.
(v. t.) 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.

Syllable Information

The word shipwreck is a 9 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for shipwreck is: ship-wreck


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