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shipbreaker

n. One who works in shipbreaking.

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Shipbreaker

Shipbreaker may refer to:

  • Ship breaking, a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for scrap recycling.
  • Shipbreakers, a 2004 documentary film that explores the practice of ship breaking decommissioned vessels in India.
  • Ship Breaker, a 2010 young adult novel by Paolo Bacigalupi.

Usage examples of "shipbreaker".

The storm came up suddenly, howling, and Shipbreaker Bay proved the truth of its name.

Cloaked in that darkness, Davos the smuggler had dared the Redwyne cordon and the rocks of Shipbreaker Bay alike.

They had lost two cogs to the rocks of Shipbreaker Bay on the very day they set sail, a poor way to begin.

Five more castles he built, each larger and stronger than the last, only to see them smashed asunder when the gale winds came howling up Shipbreaker Bay, driving great walls of water before them.

And so it was that he found himself once more crossing Shipbreaker Bay in the dark of night, steering a tiny boat with a black sail.