Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
shipwreck (noun)1.
a wrecked ship or its parts
2.
the destruction or loss of a ship
3.
an irretrievable loss or failure
transitive verb
1.
a) to cause to experience shipwreck
b) - ruin
2.
to destroy (a ship) by grounding or foundering
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
shipwreck (noun)1.
the destruction or loss of a ship
SYNONYMS:
shipwrecking, wreck, wreckage, wreckingRELATED WORDS:
beaching, grounding, stranding; foundering, sinking; scuttlingNEAR ANTONYMS:
recovery, salvage, salvaging2.
something that has failed
SYNONYMS:
bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle ( débâcle), disaster, dud, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washoutRELATED WORDS:
also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss; botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles; nonevent; nonstarterNEAR ANTONYMS:
corker, crackerjack ( crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenonto cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking
SYNONYMS:
strand, wreckRELATED WORDS:
beach; founder; scuttleNEAR ANTONYMS:
recover, salvageWreckage, Disaster, Ruin, Catastrophe, Calamity
