Shipwreck
noun
The destruction of a ship at sea by sinking or breaking up, for example in a storm or after hitting rocks.
Many sailors lost their lives in the shipwreck.
Often appears as...
- survive a shipwreck
- cause of shipwreck
noun
The remains of a ship that has been wrecked.
Divers explored the shipwreck off the coast.
Often appears as...
- discover a shipwreck
- investigate a shipwreck
verb
To cause a ship to be destroyed at sea.
The storm last night shipwrecked three vessels.
Often appears as...
- shipwrecked on a desert island
- shipwrecked in a storm
noun
A very bad situation or disaster.
His life was a shipwreck after the divorce.
Often appears as...
- a shipwreck of a marriage
- a shipwreck of a career
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
The destruction of a ship at sea by sinking or breaking up, for example in a storm or after hitting rocks.
Many sailors lost their lives in the shipwreck.
Often appears as...
- survive a shipwreck
- cause of shipwreck
noun
The remains of a ship that has been wrecked.
Divers explored the shipwreck off the coast.
Often appears as...
- discover a shipwreck
- investigate a shipwreck
verb
To cause a ship to be destroyed at sea.
The storm last night shipwrecked three vessels.
Often appears as...
- shipwrecked on a desert island
- shipwrecked in a storm
noun
A very bad situation or disaster.
His life was a shipwreck after the divorce.
Often appears as...
- a shipwreck of a marriage
- a shipwreck of a career
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Context
Used specifically for ships, not for boats or small vessels.
The Titanic was a famous shipwreck, not a boatwreck.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Disasters
Often associated with storms, hurricanes, or other natural sea-related disasters.
The shipwreck was caused by a powerful hurricane.
Pro Tip 3/3Historic Events
Shipwrecks can be historically significant and studied by researchers.
Historians still study the shipwreck of the Spanish Armada.
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Context
Used specifically for ships, not for boats or small vessels.
The Titanic was a famous shipwreck, not a boatwreck.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Disasters
Often associated with storms, hurricanes, or other natural sea-related disasters.
The shipwreck was caused by a powerful hurricane.
Pro Tip 3/3Historic Events
Shipwrecks can be historically significant and studied by researchers.
Historians still study the shipwreck of the Spanish Armada.
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Context
Used specifically for ships, not for boats or small vessels.
The Titanic was a famous shipwreck, not a boatwreck.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Disasters
Often associated with storms, hurricanes, or other natural sea-related disasters.
The shipwreck was caused by a powerful hurricane.
Pro Tip 3/3Historic Events
Shipwrecks can be historically significant and studied by researchers.
Historians still study the shipwreck of the Spanish Armada.
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Video examples
Underwater on Bermuda’s...
around this island which is actually quite incredible because it's not that big a place which means that pretty much anywhere you swim you're gonna bump into a shipwreck they form an integral part of our national identity it's one of the Bermudas most iconic shipwrecks there's actually two shipwrecks laid on top of each other you have the constellation
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How much of human...
there are ruins where people once roamed and shipwrecks loaded with artifacts from another time. This is the domain of underwater archaeology, where researchers discover and study human artifacts that slipped into the sea. They're not on a treasure hunt. Underwater archaeology reveals important information
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On exploring the oceans...
ask did you find the right ship this said Yorktown on the stern more recently finding ancient history how many ancient mariners have had a bad day the numbers of million we've been discovering these along ancient trade routes where they're not supposed to be the shipwrecks thanked hundred years
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Diving 1000m Below The...
that's like a characteristic thing of a shipwreck and we had Betts going on board like how old it would be what it might have been used for and as we got clearer we were like what the heck and it turns out it was a shipping container that had obviously fallen off of a ship
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Scientists "See" Ocean...
the sea scientists note the health of the coral types of fish including the invasive lionfish and inspect man-made debris including lost fishing gear and even newly found shipwrecks all of this data will help scientists better understand the reefs here and offer
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The Secret Culture of...
and explores all kinds of shipwrecks and sunken german u-boats in the north atlantic and finally he becomes one of national geographic's go-to underwater photographers since then he's observed a litany of fascinating creatures in the ocean
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Shilo Shiv Suleman:...
became the most magical thing to me. It became a gilded gateway into a world full of pirates and shipwrecks and images in my imagination. So I felt like our cellphones and our fancy watches and our cameras had stopped us from dreaming.
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The impact of Simón...
brother joined a band of aristocrats seeking independence from Spain when his brother died in a shipwreck Bolivar went on to invest the whole family fortune in the revolution and as his fame grew he was asked to help revolutions as far
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Shipwreck From Explorer...
a storm from the north wrecked two of the ships and the soldiery brothers mussels onto a reef we were the first people to discover this shipwreck and the reason being because it was such a remote part of the world its son an
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Barry Clifford: Pirate...
them survived this shipwreck and they were taken to Boston and tried and everything they said was transcribed by a court stenographer and one of the Pirates testified he said fifty pounds
Video examples
Underwater on Bermuda’s...
around this island which is actually quite incredible because it's not that big a place which means that pretty much anywhere you swim you're gonna bump into a shipwreck they form an integral part of our national identity it's one of the Bermudas most iconic shipwrecks there's actually two shipwrecks laid on top of each other you have the constellation
Video examples
How much of human...
there are ruins where people once roamed and shipwrecks loaded with artifacts from another time. This is the domain of underwater archaeology, where researchers discover and study human artifacts that slipped into the sea. They're not on a treasure hunt. Underwater archaeology reveals important information
Video examples
On exploring the oceans...
ask did you find the right ship this said Yorktown on the stern more recently finding ancient history how many ancient mariners have had a bad day the numbers of million we've been discovering these along ancient trade routes where they're not supposed to be the shipwrecks thanked hundred years
Video examples
Diving 1000m Below The...
that's like a characteristic thing of a shipwreck and we had Betts going on board like how old it would be what it might have been used for and as we got clearer we were like what the heck and it turns out it was a shipping container that had obviously fallen off of a ship
Video examples
Scientists "See" Ocean...
the sea scientists note the health of the coral types of fish including the invasive lionfish and inspect man-made debris including lost fishing gear and even newly found shipwrecks all of this data will help scientists better understand the reefs here and offer
Video examples
The Secret Culture of...
and explores all kinds of shipwrecks and sunken german u-boats in the north atlantic and finally he becomes one of national geographic's go-to underwater photographers since then he's observed a litany of fascinating creatures in the ocean
Video examples
Shilo Shiv Suleman:...
became the most magical thing to me. It became a gilded gateway into a world full of pirates and shipwrecks and images in my imagination. So I felt like our cellphones and our fancy watches and our cameras had stopped us from dreaming.
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
brother joined a band of aristocrats seeking independence from Spain when his brother died in a shipwreck Bolivar went on to invest the whole family fortune in the revolution and as his fame grew he was asked to help revolutions as far
Video examples
Shipwreck From Explorer...
a storm from the north wrecked two of the ships and the soldiery brothers mussels onto a reef we were the first people to discover this shipwreck and the reason being because it was such a remote part of the world its son an
Video examples
Barry Clifford: Pirate...
them survived this shipwreck and they were taken to Boston and tried and everything they said was transcribed by a court stenographer and one of the Pirates testified he said fifty pounds
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Quote examples
Jane Hamilton
American Novelist
There is so much inherent drama in the matter of change. Disappointment in yourself and others, coping with the fact that life is essentially shipwreck, becoming a person you yourself could not imagine yourself to be, for good and for bad, and then ultimately there is the basic matter of loss.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
All legitimate government is a mutual insurance company, voluntarily agreed upon by the parties to it, for the protection of their rights against wrong-doers. In its voluntary character it is precisely similar to an association for mutual protection against fire or shipwreck.
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Andy Gibb
Australian Musician
Victoria was just as much in love with me as I was with her. We could not bear to be apart for a single second. We were like two lovers shipwrecked on a desert island. There was no world outside our love.
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J. G. Ballard
British Author
Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed.
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Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
What if others suffer shipwreck, yet none that sail with Jesus have ever been stranded yet.
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German Critic
They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.
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Clive Cussler
American Writer
Shipwrecks are incredible mysteries.
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Charles de Gaulle
French Leader
Old age is a shipwreck.
Quote examples
Jane Hamilton
American Novelist
There is so much inherent drama in the matter of change. Disappointment in yourself and others, coping with the fact that life is essentially shipwreck, becoming a person you yourself could not imagine yourself to be, for good and for bad, and then ultimately there is the basic matter of loss.
Quote examples
Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
All legitimate government is a mutual insurance company, voluntarily agreed upon by the parties to it, for the protection of their rights against wrong-doers. In its voluntary character it is precisely similar to an association for mutual protection against fire or shipwreck.
Quote examples
Andy Gibb
Australian Musician
Victoria was just as much in love with me as I was with her. We could not bear to be apart for a single second. We were like two lovers shipwrecked on a desert island. There was no world outside our love.
Quote examples
J. G. Ballard
British Author
Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed.
Quote examples
Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it.
Quote examples
Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Quote examples
Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
What if others suffer shipwreck, yet none that sail with Jesus have ever been stranded yet.
Quote examples
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German Critic
They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.
Quote examples
Clive Cussler
American Writer
Shipwrecks are incredible mysteries.
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Charles de Gaulle
French Leader
Old age is a shipwreck.
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