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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of shipwreck.
  • adjective Stranded as a result of a shipwreck.

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Examples

  • Across from the car showrooms with gleaming Bentleys and Rolls-Royces, the 18th-century house – once home to former prime minister George Canning – is crammed, not just with books (120,000) but with manuscripts, correspondence, ranging from the famous to the obscure, illuminated miniatures and paraphernalia such as shipwrecked leather (for book binding) and Spanish civil war flags.

    A working life: The rare-book dealer Mark Tran 2010

  • September 1999 Chavez in office for 8 months, 60 cars "shipwrecked", one death due to heart attack.

    09/18/2005 - 09/25/2005 2005

  • September 1999 Chavez in office for 8 months, 60 cars "shipwrecked", one death due to heart attack.

    The Chavez administration inefficiency on display, once again 2005

  • Because of sparse rainfall during the current season, I occasionally got 'shipwrecked' a handful of times but Oliver assures that the ride is even better in the wet summer months.

    Jamaica Gleaner Online 2009

  • You just know the headlines around the country are going to have the word "shipwrecked" in it.

    chicagotribune.com - 2009

  • ROME—The operator of the Costa Concordia formally suspended the shipwrecked vessel's captain Thursday, as investigators scrutinized his final maneuvers with his stricken ship and reports emerged that he enjoyed a pre-wreck meal and wine with a 25-year-old woman.

    Scrutiny on Captain's Final Actions Stacy Meichtry 2012

  • The operator of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia said it formally suspended the captain who left the sinking vessel with passengers on board.

    What's News— 2012

  • World-Wide *** The operator of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia said the company has formally suspended the captain who steered the ship too close to a Tuscan island and left the sinking vessel with scores of passengers still on board.

    What's News— 2012

  • Rhonda Rancher apparently had shipwrecked herself out here without any survival skills.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • The leading character, Viola, is shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria during the opening scenes.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

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