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:
   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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1. Chris Buck:

   I said,' Of course Anna and Elsa's parents didn't die,' yes, there was a shipwreck, but they were at sea a little bit longer than we think they were, because the mother was pregnant, and she gave birth on the boat, to a little boy.

2. Charles de Gaulle:

   Old age is a shipwreck.

3. David Mearns:

   With an interim report due to be delivered within a month of the accident, authorities have expressed hopes a remote underwater vehicle provides evidence. FRENCH SOCCER CLUB DEMAND PAYMENT OVER $ 19M EMILIANO SALA TRANSFER AS DIVERS SEARCH FOR HIS BODY The formal search was called off within three days of the plane disappearing from radar last month. It took a campaign by Salas family to raise funds for a private search by American-born, shipwreck-hunting specialist David Mearns, who located the aircraft within hours on Sunday in conjunction with air crash investigators. David Mearns told BBC Radio Wales that finding the pilots body would be difficult. Ive been involved in operations when people were lost and the bodies were found days and weeks after, not far from where they were lost.

4. Kobi Sharvit:

   There is probably a shipwreck there of an official treasury boat which was on its way to the central government in Egypt with taxes that had been collected.

5. Lisa Niziolek:

   Initial investigations in the 1990s dated the shipwreck to the mid - to late 13th century, but we’ve found evidence that it’s probably a century older than that, eight hundred years ago, someone put a label on these ceramics that essentially says ‘ Made in China ’ — because of the particular place mentioned, we’re able to date this shipwreck better.