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   shipwreck

   /ˈʃɪprɛk/

   noun

   • 1. the destruction of a ship at sea by sinking or breaking up, for example in a storm or after striking a rock: "these islands have a history of shipwrecks and smuggling"
   • ▪ a ship that is sunk or broken up at sea: "the detritus of a forgotten shipwreck"

   verb

   • 1. (of a person or ship) suffer a shipwreck: "the English envoy was shipwrecked off the coast of Sardinia and nearly drowned"

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