Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipwrecked}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Shipwrecking}.]
1. 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.
Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break.
--Shak.
2. 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. --Addison.
Source : WordNet®
shipwrecked
adj 1: suffering the misfortune of shipwreck; "shipwrecked
sailors"; "castaways marooned on a desert island"
[syn: {castaway}]
2: aground as a consequence of a shipwreck