SHIPWRECK

Shipwreck

A shipwreck is the remains of a ship that has wrecked, which are found either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be deliberate or accidental. The United Nations estimates that there are more than 3 million shipwrecks on the ocean floor.

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shipwreck

Noun

  1. A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
  2. An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
  3. destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss

Verb

  1. To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.


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