n. 1. The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss. [ 1913 Webster ]

Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck. 1 Tim. 1. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck. J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]