Wreck — Defs

01 v. t. & n. See 2d & 3d Wreak.

02 n. The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shi…

1.
The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck.
“Hard and obstinate As is a rock amidst the raging floods, 'Gainst which a ship, of succor desolate, Doth suffer wreck, both of herself and goods.” — Spenser.
2.
Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.
“The wreck of matter and the crush of worlds.” — Addison.

“Its intellectual life was thus able to go on amidst the wreck of its political life.” — J. R. Green.
3.
The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.
4.
The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
“To the fair haven of my native home, The wreck of what I was, fatigued I come.” — Cowper.
5.
Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.(Law)

03 v. t. To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to…

imp. & p. p. Wrecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrecking

1.
To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck.
“Supposing that they saw the king's ship wrecked.” — Shak.
2.
To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.
3.
To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
“Weak and envied, if they should conspire, They wreck themselves.” — Daniel.

04 v. i. To suffer wreck or ruin.