shipwreck
Naufrágio
definition
verb
he was shipwrecked off the coast of Sardinia and nearly drowned
(of a person or ship) suffer a shipwreck.
noun
With the help of his faithful spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures up a great storm causing a shipwreck on the shore nearby.
the destruction of a ship at sea by sinking or breaking up, e.g., in a storm or after running aground.
translation of 'shipwreck'
noun
ruína,
naufrágio,
navio naufragado,
malogro
example
Some say St Patrick himself built the chapel after surviving a 'shipwreck' on the rocks below.
the detritus of a forgotten 'shipwreck'
The annals of the marine record no example of a 'shipwreck' so terrible as that of the Medusa frigate.
It is a fable recalled by a lonely man who lies between the clumps of grass on the sands by a river (the scene looks deceptively lyrical), like a survivor washed ashore after a 'shipwreck' .
The irony is that every time someone finds and salvages an old 'shipwreck' , archaeologists scream their heads off and accuse the divers and salvors of looting and obliterating an underwater site.
According to one legend, the ponies on this 37-mile-long barrier island are descendants of horses that survived the 'shipwreck' of a Spanish galleon.
To find out why this happened and when we must go back to the thirteenth history and a 'shipwreck' off the Wexford coast.
I was an avid wreck diver, and it was the ultimate 'shipwreck' .
On the way, a great windstorm causes a 'shipwreck' and a lone sailor is found on the ‘Island of the Soul.’
by rejecting conscience, they have made a 'shipwreck' of their faith
With the help of his faithful spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures up a great storm causing a 'shipwreck' on the shore nearby.
In 1675, however, the Caribs welcomed black Africans who survived the 'shipwreck' of a Dutch ship carrying settlers and slaves.
the angry waves, whose fury heralds 'shipwreck'
There, two old keys made of gold and silver are exhibited in a window as part of the treasure of historical information salvaged from a local 'shipwreck' .
The agency stress that it is illegal to keep something, however small or seemingly insignificant, from a 'shipwreck' without advising the Receiver of Wreck.
The story is of the utmost simplicity: after a 'shipwreck' , a sailor is lost at sea.
The Heritage Office has released a 'shipwreck' conservation management plan that documents the discovery of the submarine.
Property insurance developed in response to the hazards faced by medieval exporters, for example losses from 'shipwreck' , piracy, or theft.
The dig, which began Monday, was a second priority for the divers, whose main goal was to survey the 'shipwreck' site for storm damage.
the detritus of a forgotten 'shipwreck' in an Arctic sea
For Virilio, to invent the ship is to invent the 'shipwreck' and to invent the train is to invent the derailment.
An ideal young boy's yarn about the earnest young English couple 'shipwrecked' off the coast of Darkest Africa.
Dashed upon a bleak, inhospitable and unfortunately uninhabited shore, the five 'shipwrecked' souls were faced with extinction if not rescued.
The Museum houses an impressive collection of artefacts and pictures relating to many famous ships and 'shipwrecks' .
There have been 'shipwrecks' here, for as long as there has been shipping.
In several previous 'shipwrecks' sailors have been driven to cannibalism.
Viola is 'shipwrecked' off the coast of Illyria and, separated from her twin Sebastian, believes him drowned.
By the end of the novel he is spiritually 'shipwrecked' on the Gold Coast, having visions of ancient goddesses.
With a treacherous shoreline and marine traffic for many thousands of years, the coast of Ireland is strewn with 'shipwrecks' , or sites where vessels have foundered.
There were a record number of entries from yellow submarines, tall ships, small ships, rafts, sea serpents, to 'shipwrecks' and fishing boats and lots more besides.
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