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How to pronounce shipwreck in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms wreck
Type of accident
Has types capsizing
Type Words
Type of ruination, ruin


that was the shipwreck of their romance.
Type Words
Type of ship
Type Words
Type of subject


They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea.
Type Words
Type of ruin, destroy


The vessel was shipwrecked.
Type Words
Type of ruin


You have shipwrecked my career.
Type Words
Type of fail, go wrong, miscarry

Examples of shipwreck

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Logan literally washes upon her shore one day, the lone survivor of a shipwreck.
From the sacbee.com
After all, she is a potent global symbol of tragedy and the shipwreck of dreams.
From the time.com
Saint Paul's shipwreck is generally placed on the Mediterranean island of Malta.
From the en.wikipedia.org
No other Roman shipwreck is currently under study in the Mediterranean, he added.
From the foxnews.com
Now, however, shipwreck salvage company Odyssey promises to fill out the picture.
From the time.com
They say a train wreck seems to happen in slow-motion, a shipwreck really does.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Their paintings included a shipwreck, donkeys, a mermaid and an underwater diver.
From the newburytoday.co.uk
The shipwreck, discovered in late 1996, is within sight of Fort Macon State Park.
From the stltoday.com
A touring Beijing Opera troupe was in a shipwreck, and several members drowned.
From the nytimes.com
More examples
  • A wrecked ship (or a part of one)
  • Ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"
  • An irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
  • Suffer failure, as in some enterprise
  • An accident that destroys a ship at sea
  • Cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
  • Destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"
  • Shipwreck is a book published in 1974 that contains text by John Fowles and photography by The Gibsons of Scilly.
  • Shipwreck is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe series of toys, cartoons and comics. He was originally created as a character for the Sunbow cartoon series in 1984, and later produced as an action figure, and finally introduced into the comic book in 1985.