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| v. t. *** n. | (?) |
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| Wreck |
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The destruction or injury of a vessel by being
cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of
winds or waves; shipwreck.
Destruction or injury of anything, especially by
violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.
The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed
against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by
violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.
The remain of anything ruined or fatally
injured.
Goods, etc., which, after a
shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.
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| Wreck (wreck) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Wreck |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Wrecked (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Wrecking.]
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To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a
vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to
become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like] to shipwreck.
To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of
violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.
To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer
ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
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To
suffer wreck or ruin.
To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or
lives, or in plundering.
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