SHIPWRECKED Synonyms: 7 Similar and Opposite Words

shipwrecked

verb

past tense of shipwreck

as in wrecked

to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking the yachtsman fell asleep at the wheel and shipwrecked his ketch on the rocks

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Recent Examples of shipwrecked In a passage from the Book of Acts, Paul is shipwrecked while sailing for Rome. — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 They are subsequently shipwrecked, with Odysseus left as the sole survivor on the shores of Calypso’s island. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 July 2026 Over Your Dead Body follows a married couple whose relationship is beyond shipwrecked. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026 In 1543 several Portuguese were shipwrecked on the island of Tanega, off southern Kyushu. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026 This reimagining of the classic tale of the white European male shipwrecked on a desert island is brave, funny, wild and spellbinding. — The Know, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026 Your host, Miranda, offers a back story to the project that involves her family of scientists being shipwrecked on an island off South America upon which many of the dinosaurs somehow survived to the present day. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026 Get shipwrecked on a Robinson Crusoe beach with a picnic of yellowfin ceviche? — Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026 In this film, the pups get shipwrecked on a mysterious dinosaur island. — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 1 Jan. 2026

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Researchers believe the ship may have been traveling from the Levantine coast, which runs from Turkey in the north to Egypt in the south, to Troy or Crete when it was wrecked.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
The story centers on an influencer whose life is wrecked by an online pile-on.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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