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wreck

(rek)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense wrecks, present participle wrecking, past tense, past participle wrecked
1. verb
To wreck something means to completely destroy or ruin it.
He wrecked the garden. [VERB noun]
A coalition could have defeated the government and wrecked the treaty. [VERB noun]
His life has been wrecked by the tragedy. [VERB noun]
...missed promotions, lost jobs, wrecked marriages. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: spoil, blow [slang], ruin, devastate More Synonyms of wreck
wreckerWord forms: plural wreckers countable noun
They may be remembered as the wreckers of a fine company.
2. verb [usually passive]
If a ship is wrecked, it is damaged so much that it sinks or can no longer sail.
The ship was wrecked by an explosion. [be VERB-ed]
...a wrecked cargo ship. [VERB-ed]
3. countable noun
A wreck is something such as a ship, car, plane, or building which has been destroyed, usually in an accident.
...the wreck of a sailing ship. [+ of]
The car was a total wreck.
We thought of buying the house as a wreck, doing it up, then selling it.
Synonyms: shipwreck, derelict, hulk, sunken vessel More Synonyms of wreck
4. countable noun
A wreck is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
[mainly US]
He was killed in a car wreck.
...the little girl that survived that plane wreck.
What would he tell his parents if he had a wreck?
regional note: in BRIT, usually use crash
Synonyms: accident, smash, pile-up [informal] More Synonyms of wreck
5. countable noun [usually singular]
If you say that someone is a wreck, you mean that they are very exhausted or unhealthy.
[informal]
You look a wreck.
It was embarrassing and sad to see this man reduced to a mumbling wreck.
6.  See also nervous wreck
More Synonyms of wreck

wreck in British English

(rɛk)
verb
1. 
to involve in or suffer disaster or destruction
2. (transitive)
to cause the wreck of (a ship)
noun
3. 
a. 
the accidental destruction of a ship at sea
b. 
the ship so destroyed
4.  maritime law
goods cast ashore from a wrecked vessel
5. 
a person or thing that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
6. 
the remains of something that has been destroyed
7.  old-fashioned
the act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked; ruin or destruction
Word origin
C13: from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic rek. See wrack2, wreak

wreck in American English

(rɛk)
noun
1. 
goods or wreckage cast ashore after a shipwreck
2. 
a. 
the disabling or destruction of a ship by a storm or other disaster; shipwreck
b. 
a ship that has been disabled or destroyed by a storm or other disaster
3. 
the remains of anything that has been destroyed or badly damaged
4. 
a person who is physically in very poor health or emotionally upset or exhausted
5. 
a wrecking or being wrecked; destruction; ruin
verb transitive
6. 
to destroy or damage badly
7. 
to tear down or dismantle (a building, etc.)
8. 
to bring to ruin or disaster; overthrow; thwart; defeat
9. 
to destroy the health, or physical or mental soundness, of
verb intransitive
10. 
to be wrecked
11. 
to work as a wrecker
Word origin
ME wrek < Anglo-Fr wrec < ON vrek, driftwood, wreckage, akin to MDu wrak, wrack: for IE base see wreak

Examples of 'wreck' in a sentence
wreck

He just said it had wrecked his life.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
At times it was a comedy of errors from a home backline which looked a nervous wreck.
The Sun (2017)
He looks a bit wrecked now.
The Sun (2016)
Usually it's made from tin and there are a few wrecked cars in the yard.
The Sun (2016)
Three police cars were wrecked and cops reported offences of vandalism, graffiti and looting.
The Sun (2016)
I was just a complete emotional wreck.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It will wreck his life.
The Sun (2017)
I'm scared he'll wreck my life.
The Sun (2016)
We are talking about a disease that destroys a life and wrecks those around it.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
What was left of the wrecked house was ablaze.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
What a shame it has been completely wrecked.
The Sun (2009)
The men decide to hide the money until the plane wreck is discovered with the spring thaw.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The vessel was wrecked the next morning.
Jerome K. Jerome Three Men in a Boat (1889)
We are not out to destroy them and wreck their careers.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They knighted the man who wrecked the financial sector.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The sordid affair had wrecked my life for too long.
The Sun (2011)
The referees and their assistants look like nervous wrecks before the match.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But the next day he comes and the knee is completely wrecked.
The Sun (2007)
We stopped only long enough to inspect a clinic wrecked by government forces during their own retreat last weekend.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He also worked as an insurance claims assessor on car wrecks and had car body repair at a local college.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The car was a complete wreck.
The Sun (2012)
All you see is wrecked buildings.
The Sun (2014)
These tapes wreck relationships, cause family problems and all sorts of stress.
The Sun (2012)
The house was a complete wreck - which was exactly what he was looking for.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We ran a figure of eight around the camp, past mountains and a plane wreck.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The last Government wrecked the economy and the present one has had a lot of work to do.
The Sun (2014)
Witnesses said the pair were left badly shaken by the crash, which wrecked the passenger side doors of their family saloon.
The Sun (2015)
Beam trawling and scallop dredging wreck the sea bed, rob it of breeding grounds and weed and leave it covered in sea urchins.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Cast your mind back to 2010. The banking crash had wrecked the economy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)

In other languages
wreck

British English: wreck /rɛk/ NOUN
A wreck is something such as ship, car, plane, or building which has been destroyed, usually in an accident.
...the wreck of a sailing ship.
  • American English: wreck destroyed vehicle/building
  • Arabic: خَرَاب
  • Brazilian Portuguese: destroço
  • Chinese: 残骸
  • Croatian: olupina
  • Czech: vrak
  • Danish: vrag
  • Dutch: wrak
  • European Spanish: ruinas
  • Finnish: romu
  • French: épave
  • German: Wrack
  • Greek: ερείπιο
  • Italian: rottame
  • Japanese: 大破
  • Korean: 파손
  • Norwegian: vrak
  • Polish: wrak
  • European Portuguese: destroço
  • Romanian: ruină
  • Russian: катастрофа
  • Latin American Spanish: ruinas
  • Swedish: vrak
  • Thai: สิ่งที่ถูกทำลายอย่างเสียหายยับเยิน
  • Turkish: enkaz
  • Ukrainian: руїна
  • Vietnamese: tàu xe bị hỏng
British English: wreck /rɛk/ VERB
To wreck something means to completely destroy or ruin it.
Twenty-one people were injured and 50 houses wrecked.
  • American English: wreck
  • Arabic: يُحَطِّمُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: destruir
  • Chinese: 拆毁
  • Croatian: uništiti
  • Czech: zdemolovat
  • Danish: ødelægge
  • Dutch: verwoesten
  • European Spanish: demoler
  • Finnish: romuttaa
  • French: dévaster
  • German: zerstören
  • Greek: τορπιλίζω
  • Italian: demolire
  • Japanese: 大破する
  • Korean: 파괴하다
  • Norwegian: vrake
  • Polish: zdewastować
  • European Portuguese: destruir
  • Romanian: a avaria
  • Russian: терпеть катастрофу
  • Latin American Spanish: demoler
  • Swedish: förstöra
  • Thai: ทำให้เสียหายยับเยิน
  • Turkish: berbat etmek
  • Ukrainian: руйнувати
  • Vietnamese: làm hỏng

Chinese translation of 'wreck'

wreck

(rɛk)

n (c)

  1. (= wreckage) [of vehicle, ship] 残(殘)骸 (cánhái) (个(個), gè)
  2. (US, = accident) 事故 (shìgù) (次, cì)
    英 = crash
  3. (inf, = person) 憔悴的人 (qiáocuì de rén)

vt

  1. (= ruin)
    1. [equipment, room etc] 毁(毀)坏(壞) (huǐhuài)
    2. [process, life, chances, marriage] 破坏(壞) (pòhuài)
  2. (= sink) [ship] 使失事 (shǐ shīshì)
  3. (= destroy) [car, building] 摧毁(毀) (cuīhuǐ)
1 (verb) 
Definition
to break, spoil, or destroy completely
Vandals wrecked the garden.
Synonyms
destroy
The building was completely destroyed.
break
He fell through the window, breaking the glass.
total (slang)
I broke my collar bone and totalled the bike.
smash
The authorities were trying to smash a smuggling ring.
ruin
Roads have been destroyed and crops ruined.
devastate
A fire devastated large parts of the castle.
mar
shatter
Something like that really shatters your confidence.
spoil
demolish
The building is being demolished to make way for a motorway.
sabotage
the extremists who are trying to sabotage any chance of peace
trash (slang)
Would they trash the place when the party was over?
ravage
Drought ravaged the area.
dash to pieces
kennet (Australian, slang)
jeff (Australian, slang)
Opposites
build
,
create
,
save
,
preserve
,
salvage
,
reconstruct
, conserve
2 (verb) 
Definition
to break, spoil, or destroy completely
His life has been wrecked by the tragedy.
Synonyms
spoil
It is important not to let mistakes spoil your life.
blow (slang)
Oh you fool! Now you've really blown your chances!
ruin
The original decor was all ruined during renovation.
devastate
shatter
undo
Our hopes of a victory were undone by an error from the goalkeeper.
screw up (informal)
cock up (British, slang)
fuck up (offensive, taboo, slang)
play havoc with
crool or cruel (Australian, slang)
Opposites
save
,
fulfil
,
make possible
3 (verb) 
Definition
to cause the accidental sinking or destruction of (a ship) at sea
His ship was wrecked off the coast of Ireland.
Synonyms
run aground
strand
shipwreck
run onto the rocks
founder
1 (noun) 
Definition
a ship that has been sunk or destroyed at sea
the wreck of a sailing ship
Synonyms
shipwreck
derelict
hulk
I could make out the gutted hulk of the tanker.
sunken vessel
2 (noun) 
a broken man contemplating the wreck of his life
Synonyms
ruin
It is the ruin of society.
mess
destruction
the extensive destruction caused by the rioters
overthrow
They were charged with plotting the overthrow of the state.
undoing
disruption
devastation
A huge bomb blast brought devastation to the centre of the city.
desolation
The army left a trail of desolation in its wake.
Opposites
saving
,
creation
,
formation
,
conservation
,
restoration
,
salvage
,
preservation
,
fulfilment
3 (noun) 
He was badly injured in a car wreck.
Synonyms
accident
She was involved in a serious car accident last week.
smash
He was near to death after a car smash.
pile-up (informal)
a 54-car pile-up

Additional synonyms

in the sense of blow
Definition
to use (an opportunity) ineffectively
Oh you fool! Now you've really blown your chances!
Synonyms
ruin,
spoil,
screw up (informal),
botch,
mess up,
cock up (British, slang),
fuck up (offensive, taboo, slang),
make a mess of,
muff,
foul up,
make a nonsense of (informal),
bodge (informal),
make a pig's ear of (informal),
flub (US, slang),
crool or cruel (Australian, slang),
louse up (slang)
in the sense of break
Definition
the dawn
He fell through the window, breaking the glass.
Synonyms
shatter,
separate,
destroy,
split,
divide,
crack,
snap,
smash,
crush,
fragment,
demolish,
sever,
trash (slang),
disintegrate,
splinter,
smash to smithereens,
shiver (archaic, literary)
in the sense of demolish
Definition
to tear down or break up (buildings)
The building is being demolished to make way for a motorway.
Synonyms
knock down,
level,
destroy,
ruin,
overthrow,
dismantle,
flatten,
trash (slang),
total (slang),
tear down,
bulldoze,
raze,
pulverize

Synonyms of 'wreck'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of desolation
Definition
ruin or devastation
The army left a trail of desolation in its wake.
Synonyms
ruin,
destruction,
havoc,
devastation,
ruination
in the sense of destruction
Definition
the act of destroying something or state of being destroyed
the extensive destruction caused by the rioters
Synonyms
ruin,
havoc,
wreckage,
crushing,
wrecking,
shattering,
undoing,
demolition,
devastation,
annihilation,
ruination
in the sense of devastate
Definition
to damage (a place) severely or destroy it
A fire devastated large parts of the castle.
Synonyms
destroy,
waste,
ruin,
sack,
wreck,
spoil,
demolish,
trash (slang),
level,
total (slang),
ravage,
plunder,
desolate,
pillage,
raze,
lay waste,
despoil (formal)
in the sense of devastation
A huge bomb blast brought devastation to the centre of the city.
Synonyms
destruction,
ruin,
havoc,
ravages,
demolition,
plunder,
pillage,
desolation,
depredation,
ruination,
spoliation
in the sense of hulk
Definition
the body of an abandoned ship
I could make out the gutted hulk of the tanker.
Synonyms
wreck,
shell,
hull,
derelict,
shipwreck,
frame
in the sense of overthrow
Definition
downfall or destruction
They were charged with plotting the overthrow of the state.
Synonyms
downfall,
end,
fall,
defeat,
collapse,
ruin,
destruction,
breakdown,
ousting,
undoing,
rout,
suppression,
displacement,
subversion,
deposition,
unseating,
subjugation,
dispossession,
disestablishment,
dethronement
in the sense of pile-up
Definition
a traffic accident involving several vehicles
a 54-car pile-up
Synonyms
collision,
crash,
accident,
smash,
smash-up (informal),
multiple collision
in the sense of ravage
Definition
to cause extensive damage to
Drought ravaged the area.
Synonyms
destroy,
ruin,
devastate,
wreck,
shatter,
gut,
spoil,
loot,
demolish,
plunder,
desolate,
sack,
ransack,
pillage,
raze,
lay waste,
wreak havoc on,
despoil (formal),
leave in ruins
in the sense of sabotage
Definition
to destroy or disrupt by sabotage
the extremists who are trying to sabotage any chance of peace
Synonyms
disrupt,
ruin,
wreck,
spoil,
interrupt,
interfere with,
obstruct,
intrude,
crool or cruel (Australian, slang)
in the sense of shatter
Definition
to damage badly or destroy
Something like that really shatters your confidence.
Synonyms
destroy,
ruin,
wreck,
blast,
disable,
overturn,
demolish,
impair,
blight,
torpedo,
bring to nought

Additional synonyms

in the sense of smash
Definition
to defeat or destroy
The authorities were trying to smash a smuggling ring.
Synonyms
destroy,
ruin,
wreck,
total (slang),
defeat,
overthrow,
trash (slang),
lay waste
in the sense of smash
Definition
a violent collision of vehicles
He was near to death after a car smash.
Synonyms
collision,
crash,
accident,
pile-up (informal),
smash-up (informal)
in the sense of total
I broke my collar bone and totalled the bike.
Synonyms
wreck,
crash,
destroy,
smash,
write off (British),
demolish,
prang (British, informal),
damage beyond repair,
kennet (Australian, slang),
jeff (Australian, slang)
in the sense of trash
Definition
to attack or destroy maliciously
Would they trash the place when the party was over?
Synonyms
wreck,
damage,
destroy,
ruin,
mar,
spoil,
deface,
vandalize,
total (informal),
kennet (Australian, slang),
jeff (Australian, slang)
in the sense of undo
Definition
to cause the downfall of
Our hopes of a victory were undone by an error from the goalkeeper.
Synonyms
ruin,
defeat,
destroy,
wreck,
shatter,
upset,
mar,
undermine,
overturn,
quash,
subvert,
bring to naught
in the sense of undoing
Definition
ruin
Synonyms
ruin,
defeat,
collapse,
shame,
destruction,
disgrace,
overturn,
overthrow,
humiliation,
reversal,
downfall,
ruination
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