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shipwreck
nouns
a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
shipwreck
is a type of (narrower)
a vessel that carries passengers or freight
ship
an irretrievable loss
"that was the shipwreck of their romance"
shipwreck
is a type of (narrower)
an event that results in destruction
ruin,
ruination
an accident that destroys a ship at sea
shipwreck,
wreck
verbs
ruin utterly
"You have shipwrecked my career"
shipwreck
is a type of (narrower)
destroy or cause to fail
"This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"
ruin
suffer failure, as in some enterprise
shipwreck
is a type of (narrower)
be unsuccessful
"Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
fail,
go wrong,
miscarry
cause to experience shipwreck
"They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
shipwreck
domain category
travel by water
seafaring,
water travel
is a type of (narrower)
cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
"He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"
subject
destroy a ship
"The vessel was shipwrecked"
shipwreck
is a type of (narrower)
destroy completely; damage irreparably
"You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
destroy,
ruin
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