Shipwreck

n.	1.	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.
	2.	A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
	3.	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.
v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Shipwrecked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shipwrecking.] Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. - Shak.
	2.	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.

Noun	1.	shipwreck - a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
	2.	shipwreck - an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
	3.	shipwreck - an accident that destroys a ship at sea Synonyms: wreck
Verb	1.	shipwreck - ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"
	2.	shipwreck - suffer failure, as in some enterprise
	3.	shipwreck - cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
	4.	shipwreck - destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"

SHIPWRECK. The loss of a vessel at sea, either. by being swallowed up by the waves, by running against another vessel or thing at sea, or on the coast. Vide Naufrage; Wreck.

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