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shipwrecked

adjective as in sunk

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As John Blackthorne, a shipwrecked English navigator who is taken prisoner, he becomes involved in a battle among warlords seeking to become Japan’s supreme military ruler and falls in love with his married interpreter.

The first Pat Brewin knew about her sister and brother-in-law being shipwrecked at sea in a dinghy and rubber life raft - tied together for nearly four months - was when she watched the News at 10.

From BBC

The shipwrecked people then managed to contact Alarm Phone - an emergency hotline for migrants in trouble at sea.

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He’s genuflecting and appears penitent, it’s him with no public or private, shipwrecked in place in a way.

An animated robot named Roz adapts to its new surroundings after being shipwrecked on a deserted island, and develops a parental bond with an orphaned gosling.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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