Synonyms for Shipwreck
ˈʃɪpˌrɛkship·wreck

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1. shipwrecknoun

   a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

   Synonyms:
   wreck

2. shipwrecknoun

   an irretrievable loss

   "that was the shipwreck of their romance"

   Synonyms:
   wreck

3. shipwreck, wreckverb

   an accident that destroys a ship at sea

   Synonyms:
   shipwreck, crash, wreck

4. shipwreckverb

   ruin utterly

   "You have shipwrecked my career"

5. shipwreckverb

   suffer failure, as in some enterprise

6. shipwreckverb

   cause to experience shipwreck

   "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"

7. shipwreckverb

   destroy a ship

   "The vessel was shipwrecked"

Matched Categories

1. • Destroy
   • Fail
   • Ruin
   • Seafaring
   • Ship
   • Subject

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1. shipwrecknoun

   Synonyms:
   wreck, ruin, perdition, destruction, miscarriage, overthrow, subversion, demolition

2. shipwreckverb

   Synonyms:
   wreck, strand, flounder, cast away

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1. shipwrecknoun

   Synonyms:
   wreckage, disaster, destruction, ruin, subversion, miscarriage

   Associated words:
   salvage, flotsam, jetsam, derelict, jettison

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1. List of paraphrases for "shipwreck":

   wreck, sinking, naufrage, wreckage, shipwrecks

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How to use Shipwreck in a sentence?

1. Charles de Gaulle:

   Old age is a shipwreck.

2. Duncan Wilson:

   This historic shipwreck tells the story of Germany's increasing naval strength in the late-19th century at a time when Britain and Germany were on friendly terms, the SMS Grosser Kurfürst is important as the only non-Royal Naval warship recorded as wrecked in English waters for the period 1860 -- 1913.

3. Kevin Dykstra:

   I didn't go down there with the expectation of seeing a shipwreck — I can tell you that.

4. Lisa Niziolek:

   This was a time when Chinese merchants became more active in maritime trade, more reliant upon oversea routes than on the overland Silk Road, the shipwreck occurred at a time of important transition.

5. Matteo Salvini:

   The latest shipwreck is proof that if you reopen the ports more people will die.