shipwreck
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈʃɪpˌrɛk/
:
naufragio
- ROVs can map the sea floor, explore the ocean depths for scientists, and locate shipwrecks for archaeologists.
- victim of a shipwreck
- survivor of a shipwreck
- survive a shipwreck
So I have to read The Wager, a tale of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder.
- So I have to read The Wager, a tale of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder.
- He said that his goal was to create men who would be acceptable at a dance and invaluable in a shipwreck.
Examples
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All kinds of shipwrecks around here, right?
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Myths or stories about shipwrecks normally survive for centuries in the local community.
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You mean to say that you actually died in this shipwreck?
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I found a million dollars in gold on an old shipwreck.
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See, I was the only one who survived the shipwreck.
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Recently, the team brought a famous Civil War shipwreck to the surface after 136 years.
Academic text (2005) -
There has been great fanfare surrounding the 100-year anniversary of the shipwreck of the Titanic.
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For 25 years, I've searched shipwrecks and Spanish plate fleets that have sailed from Spain back to the New World that's been lost at sea.
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After the storm, many local fishermen spoke about the infamous shipwreck that occurred last winter.
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The museum's exhibit featured the artifacts recovered from a historic shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea.
Synonyms
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2.8
A ship broken or sunk at sea
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7.7
An old ship that is broken and left to rust
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6.3
A ship left by its crew and owners, often drifting at sea
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9.1
An abandoned ship that drifts without a crew
Compounds
How Damaged
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shipwreck is literally ship + wreck and names a ship that has been ruined or the event of it sinking. That is why the word points to the damaged or sunken ship itself.