26984 words

shipwrecked

3 definitions • 4 examples
1
past simple and past participle of
2
to make someone suffer a shipwreck:

Examples:

They were shipwrecked off the coast of Newfoundland.
a shipwrecked sailor
3
to destroy or badly damage something:

Examples:

His refusal to make the case for equality shipwrecked his party.
She finds herself working at a Manhattan hotel, her love life shipwrecked by failed relationships and bad dates.

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