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[ rek ] / rɛk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wreck ON THESAURUS.COM
nounany building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin. wreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, especially when cast ashore. the ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation; shipwreck. a vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc. the ruin or destruction of anything: the wreck of one's hopes. a person of ruined health; someone in bad shape physically or mentally: The strain of his work left him a wreck. verb (used with object)to cause the wreck of (a vessel); shipwreck. to involve in a wreck. to cause the ruin or destruction of: to wreck a car. to tear down; demolish: to wreck a building. to ruin or impair severely: Fast living wrecked their health. verb (used without object)to be involved in a wreck; become wrecked: The trains wrecked at the crossing. to act as a wrecker; engage in wrecking. Origin of wreckFirst recorded in 1200–50; (noun) Middle English wrec, wrech, wrek, from Old Danish wrækæ “wreck”; (verb) late Middle English, derivative of the noun SYNONYMS FOR wreck9 destroy, devastate, shatter. SEE SYNONYMS FOR wreck ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for wreck9. See spoil. OTHER WORDS FROM wreckun·wrecked, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wreckwreak, wreck Words nearby wreckwreak havoc, wreath, wreathe, wreathed column, wreathy, wreck, wreckage, wrecked, wrecker, wrecker's ball, wreckfish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wreckNone of this is to say that the wreck and salvage of the Costa Concordia should have received less attention. The Racism of Disaster Coverage|Barbie Latza Nadeau|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was a negligent accident that cost more than 30 lives, including a salvage diver who perished working on the wreck. The Racism of Disaster Coverage|Barbie Latza Nadeau|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the case of Flight 17 the wreck is already yielding a lot of information. MH17 Is the World’s First Open-Source Air Crash Investigation|Clive Irving|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST They finally made it to the rocks off the island near the wreck, where they waited until rescue workers and islanders found them. I Survived a Deadly Shipwreck: Costa Concordia Passengers Tell Their Stories|Barbie Latza Nadeau|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The result of this wreck was 86 people dead and over 200 injuries. Thrills and Too Many Spills: The Dangers of the Circus|Marina Watts|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST "We shall not forget what you have told us," said Gilbert, as the wreck prepared to leave the room. The Mystery of Lincoln's Inn|Robert Machray If it had been at the inn there would have been nothing to talk about at all, except about the wreck. A Chapter of Adventures|G. A. Henty He at first accepted several presents from the shipwrecked men, but afterwards withdrew from the place where the wreck took place. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II|A.E. Nordenskieold Stripping Rantaine, and disappearing with the wreck of the Durande, were the grand achievements. Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo Passing, she for the first time caught full sight of her son's face now that the hot water had exposed its wreck. Once Aboard The Lugger|Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson
British Dictionary definitions for wreck
verbto involve in or suffer disaster or destruction (tr) to cause the wreck of (a ship) noun- the accidental destruction of a ship at sea
- the ship so destroyed
maritime law goods cast ashore from a wrecked vessel a person or thing that has suffered ruin or dilapidation the remains of something that has been destroyed old-fashioned the act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked; ruin or destruction Word Origin for wreckC13: from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic rek. See wrack ², wreak Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to wreckdevastation, crash, mess, ruin, hulk, debris, destruction, wreckage, debacle, collapse, shipwreck, wrack, impair, ravage, injure, cripple, trash, sabotage, vandalize, mar |