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Search phrase: wreck

Plays

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CymbelineCym I.vii.84You look on me: what wreck discern you in meYou looke on me: what wrack discerne you in me
CymbelineCym IV.ii.366In this sad wreck? How came't? Who is't?In this sad wracke? How came't? Who is't?
Henry VIIIH8 III.ii.437Found thee a way, out of his wreck, to rise in,Found thee a way (out of his wracke) to rise in:
PericlesPer III.ii.50.1'Tis of some wreck.tis of some wracke.
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.145Go, go, be gone, to save your ship from wreck,Go, go, be gone, to saue your Ship from wrack,

Poems

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Venus and AdonisVen.454Wreck to the seaman, tempest to the field, Wracke to the sea-man, tempest to the field:

Glossary

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defeatdestroy, ruin, wreck
fordowreck, destroy, ruin
wrackwreck, loss, shipwreck
wrackwreck, shipwreck, lose at sea

Thesaurus

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wreckwrack
wreckwrack
wreckdefeat
wreckfordo

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
WRECKBASICwreck n, wreck v
WRECKSHIPshipwreck n, shipwreck v, shipwrecked adj
WRECKSTATEwreck-threatening adj

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