SHIPWRECK


Meaning of SHIPWRECK in English

n. Function: verb

1 to destroy, disable, or seriously damage a ship (as by running aground or causing to founder) FF1C; the typhoon shipwrecked the entire fishing fleet FF1E;

Synonyms: beach, cast away, pile up, strand, wreck

Related Words: break up; scuttle; founder; capsize; go down, sink

Idioms: go aground, go to the bottom ( or Davy Jones's locker), run on the rocks

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Synonyms: RUIN 2, bankrupt, dilapidate, do in, wreck

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса.