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shipwrecking |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipwrecked}; p. pr & vb n. {Shipwrecking}.] 1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest. Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. --Shak. 2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence to cause to suffer some disaster or loss to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as to shipwreck a business. --Addison.
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