to shipwreck

Examples

• All

• The sailors were lucky to have shipwrecked when they did, for the weather was relatively mild for most of their stay.

  Academic text (1995)

• I knew a couple whose yacht was shipwrecked in the South Pacific.

  The Post (2017)

• You were shipwrecked, I am told.

  Pirates (1986)

• I looked at my family and wondered how we would manage if shipwrecked on an island.

  Academic text (1997)

• I have been shipwrecked before and have sustained myself in many ways.

  Fiction book (1998)

• But on her voyage, she was shipwrecked.

  Dolittle (2020)

• This chap I knew got shipwrecked in the Bahamas.

  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

• When the boat shipwrecked off the coast of San Sebastian, they were rescued by Francisco Pizarro.

  Academic text (2007)

• While sailing back from Flanders, Don Martin's boat is shipwrecked on an unknown island that he and his companion later learn is Gran Canaria.

  Academic text (2018)

• After a fierce storm, the crew was shipwrecked on a desolate island with no way to call for help.

Synonyms

S

to strand

vsto shipwreck

141 6.7

To leave a person or vehicle stuck somewhere without help

includes destruction or complete loss at sea rather than only leaving them stuck

S

to sink

vsto shipwreck

76 2.5

To make something go below the surface of water and become submerged

also includes being left or lost at sea rather than only destruction by submerging

R

to run aground

vsto shipwreck

10 6.7

To get a boat or ship stuck in shallow water near the shore

also covers destruction or total loss at sea rather than only being stuck near shore

Antonyms

R

rescue

730 1.0

An act of saving someone or something from danger

S

salvage

23 5.5

An act of saving things from danger, like a ship or cargo

Compounds

S

shipwreck survivor

4.1

A person who is alive after their ship sinks

How Damaged

to sink

76 2.5

to shipwreck

12 4.8

to disable

87 3.5

to damage

885 1.4

to strand

141 6.7

Surface Forms

Etymology