"shipwrecks" in the noun sense
1. shipwreck
a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
2. shipwreck
an irretrievable loss
"that was the shipwreck of their romance"
3. shipwreck, wreck
an accident that destroys a ship at sea
"shipwrecks" in the verb sense
1. shipwreck
ruin utterly
"You have shipwrecked my career"
2. shipwreck
suffer failure, as in some enterprise
3. shipwreck
cause to experience shipwreck
"They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
4. shipwreck
destroy a ship
"The vessel was shipwrecked"
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