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English Dictionary: shipwrecking by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipwrecked}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Shipwrecking}.]
      1. 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.
  
                     Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. 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. --Addison.
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