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noun

Definition of shipwrecksnext
plural of shipwreck
as in disasters
something that has failed finally admitted that their marriage was a shipwreck and that the time had come to bail out

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shipwrecks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of shipwreck
as in wrecks
to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking the yachtsman fell asleep at the wheel and shipwrecked his ketch on the rocks

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