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English noun: shipwreck | |||
| 1. | shipwreck (artifact) a wrecked ship (or a part of one) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ship | ||
| 2. | shipwreck (event) an irretrievable loss | ||
| Samples | That was the shipwreck of their romance. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ruin, ruination | ||
| 3. | shipwreck (event) an accident that destroys a ship at sea | ||
| Synonyms | wreck | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accident | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | capsizing | ||
English verb: shipwreck | |||
| 1. | shipwreck (social) ruin utterly | ||
| Samples | You have shipwrecked my career. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ruin | ||
| 2. | shipwreck (social) suffer failure, as in some enterprise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fail, go wrong, miscarry | ||
| 3. | shipwreck (perception) cause to experience shipwreck | ||
| Samples | They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | subject | ||
| Domain category | seafaring, water travel | ||
| 4. | shipwreck (contact) destroy a ship | ||
| Samples | The vessel was shipwrecked. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destroy, ruin | ||
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