shipwreckingn.
/ˈʃɪprɛkɪŋ/ A shipwreck.
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1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 2 Voyagers..who having happily escaped many Shipwreckings [etc.].
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shipwreckingadj.
/ˈʃɪprɛkɪŋ/ Causing shipwreck.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. ii. 26 Shipwracking Stormes, and direfull Thunders. View more context for this quotation
1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 141 Some Ship-racking rock.
a1700 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 134 Sailers frighted by Shipwrecking Wind.
1865 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon 814 Shipwrecking reefs.
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