Shipwreck - Definition

n 1: a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
2: an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their
romance"
3: an accident that destroys a ship at sea [syn: shipwreck,
wreck]
v 1: ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"
2: suffer failure, as in some enterprise
3: cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one
of the mysteries at sea"
4: destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"