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Definition of shipwreck verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

shipwreck

verb

NAmE//ˈʃɪprɛk//

be shipwreckedVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they shipwreck

he / she / it shipwrecks

past simple shipwrecked

-ing form shipwrecking

to be left somewhere after the ship that you have been sailing in has been lost or destroyed at sea They were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa.

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ship‧wrecked

adjective a shipwrecked sailorSee shipwreck in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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