wreck
About 3.09 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Something or someone that has been ruined.
He was an emotional wreck after the death of his wife.
- noun The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
- noun An event in which something is damaged through collision. A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.
- noun A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.
- noun Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
- noun A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.
- verb To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
He wrecked the car in a collision.
- verb To ruin or dilapidate.
Similar words
bust up crash wrack shipwreck destroy wreckage ruin devastate devastation breakdown
Often followed by
of the and in was on a it that
Word family
wrecked wrecking wrecks
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