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shipwreck: a wrecked ship (or a part of one); an accident that destroys a ship at sea; an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"; destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"; cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"; suffer failure, as in some enterprise; ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"

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run aground collapse

pileup collapse: multiple collisions of vehicles

mischance collapse

mishap collapse: an instance of misfortune

misadventure collapse

beach collapse: an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake; land on a beach; "the ship beached near the port"

misfortune collapse: unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event; an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

hulk collapse: a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned

pile up collapse: arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"

tragedy collapse: drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity

total loss collapse

cast away collapse

disaster collapse: an act that has disastrous consequences

smashup collapse

strand collapse: line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable; a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole; "he tried to pick up the strands of his former life"; "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously"; a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels; a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)

casualty collapse: a decrease of military personnel or equipment; someone injured or killed in an accident; someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

depredate collapse

decimate collapse: kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

devastate collapse: overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

calamity collapse: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

swallow up collapse

lay waste collapse

vandalize collapse: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

accident collapse: anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause; a mishap; especially one causing injury or death

engorge collapse

incinerate collapse: become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"

wreak havoc collapse

washout collapse: the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water"; the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water; "it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road"

cataclysm collapse

vaporize collapse

debacle collapse: a sudden and violent collapse; flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

bankrupt collapse: someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts; financially ruined; "a bankrupt company"; "the company went belly-up"; reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"

cave in collapse: the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

cave collapse: a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea; explore natural caves; hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"

upheave collapse: lift forcefully from beneath

condemn collapse: declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"; express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"; demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"; compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"

collision collapse: a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"; an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill"; (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"

devour collapse: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"; eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"; destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"; enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"

gobble collapse: the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock; make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys; eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"

breakdown collapse: an analysis into mutually exclusive categories; a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown"; a mental or physical breakdown

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