ˈʃɪpɹɛk ˈʃɪpɹɛk ˈɹɛk destroy a ship The vessel was shipwrecked cause to experience shipwreck They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea suffer failure, as in some enterprise ruin utterly You have shipwrecked my career a wrecked ship (or a part of one) an accident that destroys a ship at sea an irretrievable loss that was the shipwreck of their romance