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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of shipwreck form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Stranded as a result of a shipwreck. not-comparable

   "I ſtand aboue thee, and as from a rocke / VVhoſe eminence outſvvelles the raging flood, / See thy hopes ſhip vvrackt: […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms

agroundcastawaygroundedhigh and drymaroonedon the rocks

Example

More examples

"Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists heading for Virginia."

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