[ship.wreck] n [alter. of earlier shipwrack, fr. ME schipwrak, fr. OE scipwraec, fr. scip ship + wraec something driven by the sea--more at wrack] (12c) 1: a wrecked ship or its parts
2: the destruction or loss of a ship
3: an irretrievable loss or failure
[2]shipwreck vt (1589) 1 a: to cause to experience shipwreck b: ruin
2: to destroy (a ship) by grounding or foundering