shipwreck - Meaning in Tamil

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shipwreck - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of shipwreck in English

shipwreck noun

1. a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
2. an accident that destroys a ship at sea

   Synonyms

   wreck

   கப்பல் மோதல், ...Subscribe

3. an irretrievable loss

   Example

   • "that was the shipwreck of their romance"

shipwreck verb

1. destroy a ship

   Example

   • "The vessel was shipwrecked"
2. cause to experience shipwreck

   Example

   • "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
3. suffer failure, as in some enterprise

4. ruin utterly

   Example

   • "You have shipwrecked my career"

Description

A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. There were approximately three million shipwrecks worldwide as of January 1999, according to Angela Croome, a science writer and author who specialized in the history of underwater archaeology.

Also see "Shipwreck" on Wikipedia

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