wrecks

4 definitions • 7 examples

an accident in which a ship is destroyed or sunk at sea, especially by hitting rocks, or a ship that has been destroyed or sunk in such an accident:

The danger of shipwreck is much greater in fog.

There have been many shipwrecks along this dangerous stretch of coastline.

to make someone suffer a shipwreck:

They were shipwrecked off the coast of Newfoundland.

a shipwrecked sailor

to destroy or badly damage something:

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.

the destruction or sinking of a ship at sea, or a ship destroyed this way:

[ C ] Fog in the area caused many shipwrecks.