Noun
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an accident that destroys a ship at sea
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an irretrievable loss
"that was the shipwreck of their romance"
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a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
Verb
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destroy a ship
"The vessel was shipwrecked"
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cause to experience shipwreck
"They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
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suffer failure, as in some enterprise
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ruin utterly
"You have shipwrecked my career"