Wreck Meaning and Definition
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Word: Wreck
How to pronounce: rek
Noun
Definitions:
1. The destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck.
2. Something, especially a vehicle or building, that has been badly damaged or destroyed.
Example sentences: "The plane was reduced to a smouldering wreck"
3. A person whose physical or mental health or strength has failed.
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Destroy or severely damage (a structure, vehicle, or similar)
2. Cause the destruction of (a ship) by sinking or breaking up.
3. Engage in breaking up (badly damaged vehicles) or demolishing (old buildings) to obtain usable spares or scrap.
Synonyms:
crash
collapse
shipwreck
downfall
disaster
catastrophe
accident
smashup
collision
derailment
ruins
rubble
wrack
ruin
destroy
derail
smash
shatter
demolish
extinguish
raze
annihilate
pulverize
debris
flotsam
remains
detritus
crumbling
ramshackle
pull down
tear down
devastate
decimate
Derivations:
wrecking
wrecker
wrecked
wreckage
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Wreck in Other Languages...
Spanish: Naufragio
German: Wrack
French: épave
Italian: Relitto
Turkish: Enkaz