Definition of wreck

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Wreck (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering..

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Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea..
Wrecking :: Wrecking () a. & n. from Wreck, v..
Picaroon :: Picaroon (n.) One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper..
Shipwrecking :: Shipwrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shipwrec.
Wreckage :: Wreckage (n.) That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck..
Rack :: Rack (n.) A wreck; destruction.
Jettison :: "Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck..
Bewreck :: Bewreck (v. t.) To wreck.
Castaway :: Castaway (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business..
Shipwrecked :: Shipwrecked (imp. & p. p.) of Shipwrec.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t. & n.) See 2d & 3d Wreak.
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To suffer wreck or ruin.
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck..
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
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