- Break or destroy completely - Cause the ruin of - Destroy - Jalopy - See 2d & 3d Wreak. - 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.
- Ruins of a boat - Submerged vessel - The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or
other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals,
etc., by the violence of the winds and waves. - A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts
of such a ship; wreckage. - Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss. - To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on
rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest. - To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or
passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy
or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business.