Synonyms for shipwreck
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Noun
1. Wreck — destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss
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Definitions
- n. 1
Destruction; disaster; failure; ruin; irretrievable loss.
Related words
- Word family
- shipwrecked shipwreckee
Forms
- Plural
- shipwrecks → wrecks, destructions, ruins, disasters…
Example sentences
- destruction They found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
- wreck He confirmed that it was the wreck of the Titanic.
- disaster We will first ascertain the cause of the disaster.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| shipwreck | rising | |
| destruction | steady | |
| wreck | rising | |
| disaster | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- ruin2
- 5 letters
- wreck1
- 8 letters
- disaster3
- 11 letters
- destruction3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).