shipwreck
/ˈʃɪpɹɛk/ verb C2- To wreck a boat through a collision or other mishap.
He/she/it shipwrecks · Past shipwrecked · Past participle shipwrecked · -ing form shipwrecking
Verb forms
- Base form
- shipwreck
- He/she/it
- shipwrecks
- Past
- shipwrecked
- Past participle
- shipwrecked
- -ing form
- shipwrecking
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## The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea
A SHIPWRECKED MAN, having been cast upon a certain shore, slept after his buffetings with the deep.
‘Omne ignotum pro magnifico,’ you know, and my poor little reputation, such as it is, will suffer shipwreck if I am so candid.
And without listening to Villefort he arose, and followed Valentine, who was running downstairs with the joy of a shipwrecked mariner who finds a rock to cling to.
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