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wrecking
wreck R0077950 (rĕk)n.1. The act of destroying or the state of being destroyed; destruction: "The filmmaker ... was hardly the first person to blame misguided agriculture for the wreck of the plains" (Timothy Egan).2. a. Accidental destruction of a ship; a shipwreck.b. The stranded hulk of a severely damaged ship.c. Fragments of a ship or its cargo cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck; wreckage.3. a. An automobile or railroad collision or accident: witnessed a wreck on the highway.b. The remains of something that has been wrecked, especially an automobile that has crashed: walked away unharmed from the wreck.4. a. Something that is dilapidated or worn out: still driving that wreck of a car; living in a wreck of a house.b. A person who is physically or mentally worn out.v. wrecked, wreck·ing, wrecks v.tr.1. To cause the destruction of in a collision: wrecked the car by hitting a tree.2. To dismantle or raze; tear down.3. To cause to undergo ruin or disaster: an argument that wrecked their friendship. See Synonyms at blast, destroy. See Usage Note at wreak.v.intr.1. To suffer destruction or ruin; become wrecked: a ship that wrecked on the rocks.2. Informal To experience or cause an accident in which the vehicle one is riding in is badly damaged: They were speeding over 70 miles an hour when they wrecked.3. To work as a wrecker.
[Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrec, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse rec, wreckage.]wrecking (ˈrɛkɪŋ) nthe act of causing the destruction of a ship, vehicle, building, etc.the act of completely spoiling something(as modifier)Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | wrecking - the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveledrazingdemolition, wipeout, destruction - an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something | | 2. |  wrecking - destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruinedlaying waste, ruining, ruination, ruindestruction, devastation - the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
TranslationsIdiomsSeewreckWrecking
Wrecking (Russian vreditel’stvo), according to Soviet criminal law a particularly serious crime against the state, involving an act of commission or omission directed toward the subversion of industry, transportation, agriculture, the monetary system, trade, or other branches of the national economy of the USSR, as well as activities on the part of state agencies or public organizations aimed at weakening the Soviet state, if such acts of commission or omission were accomplished through the use of state or public institutions, enterprises, or organizations, or through interference with their normal work. A necessary condition of prosecution for wrecking is the presence in the actions of the accused of the specific aim of weakening the Soviet state. Wrecking is punishable by deprivation of freedom for a term of eight to 15 years, together with confiscation of property and exile for a period of two to five years, or without exile (Criminal Code of the RSFSR, art. 69). V. I. KURLIANDSKII wreckingThe act of demolishing or razing a structure.wrecking
Related to wrecking: Wrecking Ball, Wrecking CrewSynonyms for wreckingnoun the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveledSynonymsRelated Words- demolition
- wipeout
- destruction
noun destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruinedSynonyms- laying waste
- ruining
- ruination
- ruin
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