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• n  a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
• n  an irretrievable loss
  that was the shipwreck of their romance
• n  an accident that destroys a ship at sea
• v  ruin utterly
  You have shipwrecked my career
• v  suffer failure, as in some enterprise
• v  cause to experience shipwreck
  They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea
• v  destroy a ship
  The vessel was shipwrecked

• The ongoing struggle between American shipwreck salvage company Odyssey Marine and the Spanish government has become a classic courtroom drama.
• I spent the next 41?2 hours with Cristal as she took me to a waterfall, a snowy Christmas scene, a shipwreck and a sex club.
• A Bronze cannon on the shipwreck site of HMS Victory bearing the royal crest of King George I, in the English Channel.

• wreck

News & Articles

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• A shipwreck at night
  Seattle Times reader Jeff Abel’s photo of a shipwreck on the Oregon coast.
  June 12, 2013 - Seattle Times
• Lake Superior shipwreck believed to be Henry B. Smith
  KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com A shipwreck under Lake Superior could be the Henry B. Smith, found 100 years after it sank.
  June 11, 2013 - UPI
• Shipwreck found off Marquette shore?
  Shipwreck hunters think have found the Henry B. Smith freighter almost 100 years after it sunk in Lake Superior
  June 10, 2013 - WLUC Marquette

Quotes

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• Pope Benedict XVI in New York Times
  Just as St. Paul's "shipwreck brought Malta the good fortune of getting the faith, we can also think that the wrecks of life can bring God's project to us and be useful for a new start of our life," Benedict said.
• President Bush in Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
  After the shipwreck of communism came years of relative quiet, years of repose, years of sabbatical,Bush said. "And then there came a day of fire."
• François Bayrou in Reuters Africa
  As far as I am concerned, the shipwreck of the French team tells us something about the weaknesses of France, of a model of society that is based above all on money, which is adulated,centrist leader Francois Bayrou told RTL radio.