Shipwreck Synonyms

shĭprĕk
To damage, disable, or destroy (a seacraft)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wreck
An accident that destroys a ship at sea
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. wreck
  2. destruction
  3. sinking
  4. loss

Words Related to Shipwreck

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. help
  2. lusitania
  3. shipwrecks
  4. buried-treasure
  5. ship-wreck
  6. manacles

Shipwreck Sentence Examples

  • St Paul's Bay was the site of shipwreck of the apostle in A.D.

  • The claim that St Paul was shipwrecked at Meleda off the Dalmatian coast, and not at Malta, has been clearly set at rest, on nautical grounds, by Mr Smith of Jordanhill (Voyage and Shipwreck of St Paul, London, 1848).

  • There are almost 11,000 known shipwreck sites around the British Isles.

  • Crusoe's shipwreck and adventures, his finding the footprint in the sand, his man "Friday," - the whole atmosphere of romance which surrounds the position of the civilized man fending for himself on a desert island - these have made Defoe's great work an imperishable part of English literature.

  • Not only his political hopes, but his domestic happiness had suffered shipwreck.

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