(n.) The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or
other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals,
etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
(n.) A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts
of such a ship; wreckage.
(n.) Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
(v. t.) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on
rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.
(v. t.) To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or
passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy
or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business.
