shipwreck vs tear apart

shipwreck

verb
  • To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap. 

noun
  • An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. 

  • A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy. 

  • destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss 

tear apart

verb
  • to destroy 

  • to cause to separate 

  • to severely defeat 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, apart. 

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