1 [U,C] the loss or destruction of a ship at sea because of a storm or because it hits rocks, etc:
They narrowly escaped shipwreck in a storm in the North Sea. * The shipwreck of the tanker has caused one of the worst oil spills in recent years.
2 [C] a ship that has been lost or destroyed at sea:
The contents of shipwrecks belong to the state.
verb [VN] (be shipwrecked) to be left somewhere after the ship that you have been sailing in has been lost or destroyed at sea:
They were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa.
shipwrecked adjective:
a shipwrecked sailor
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