Build and Shipwreck

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Build verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.

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Shipwreck is an antonym for build.

Nearby Words: built, building, buildup, builder

Shipwreck verb - To cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking.

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Build is an antonym for shipwreck in topics: ruin, conquer in military manner.

Nearby Word: shipwrecked

It features a tribe of little people who survive a shipwreck and must build a new life on the island of Isola.

Source: Video Game / Virtual Villagers
Anime based on the book The Swiss Family Robinson, about a family which gets stuck on a tropical island after a shipwreck and have all sorts of adventures there.While there, they build a huge treehouse.

Source: Anime / The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island

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