wreckage
/ˈrɛkɪdʒ
/noun [mass noun]
The remains of something that has been badly damaged or destroyed: firemen had to cut him free from the wreckage of the car...
- Some vessels were so badly damaged that their wreckage became hard to identify.
- What appeared to be wreckage from the car was stuck in a water fountain and in trees.
- Six people remained trapped in the wreckage after the crash and it took almost five hours to free them all.
Synonyms
wreck, debris, detritus, remainder;
hulk, shell, skeleton, hull, frame;
ruins, remains, remnants, relics, fragments, pieces