shipwreck

Meanings

1. A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.
2. An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
3. Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss.

1. To wreck a boat through a collision or other mishap.

Etymology

From Middle English shipwrak, from Old English sċipwræc (“jetsam”), equivalent to ship + wrack. Cognate with Scots schip-wrak (“to shipwreck”, verb), Swedish skeppsvrak (“shipwreck”), Danish skibsvrag (“shipwreck”). Modern form is due to influence from wreck.