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shipwreck

nounmasculine/nawfɾɐˈʒiu/medium

nau·fra·gi·o

Definition

The action or effect of shipwrecking; the loss or destruction of a vessel at sea, river, or lake; maritime disaster.
The shipwreck of the galleon was discovered by divers centuries later.
Few tales are as harrowing as those of survival after a shipwreck.
Common collocations
survive a shipwreckTitanic shipwreckcauses of the shipwreckshipwreck site

Etymology

Do latim 'naufragium'.

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