Definition of "shipwrecks" [shipwrecks]

• Plural form of shipwreck. (noun)

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• "The downside to all the interest in shipwrecks is the threat it can pose to preservation."
• "All these ways of making a living, since they depend mainly on our personal powers, are what you call arts, and do not go down in shipwrecks but swim away with our naked selves."
• "The crossing was stormy and many died in shipwrecks, but eventually fourteen Norse ships reached the rugged coast of Greenland."