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wreck1 /rek/ noun- Destruction
- The act of wrecking or destroying
- The destruction of a ship
- A badly damaged ship
- Shipwrecked property
- Anything found underwater and brought ashore
- The death of a large number of oceanic birds, eg during a storm
- The remains of anything ruined
- A person ruined mentally or physically
- A dilapidated or unserviceable vessel or vehicle (informal)
transitive verb- To destroy or disable
- To cause the wreck of (a ship)
- To involve in a wreck
- To cast up, eg on the shore
- To ruin
intransitive verb To suffer wreck or ruin ORIGIN: Anglo-Fr wrec, wrek, etc, of Scand origin; related to wreak1 wreckˈage noun - The process of wrecking
- Wrecked material
- A person whose life is, or people whose lives are, ruined
wrecked adjective - Destroyed
- Rendered incapable by drink or drugs (slang)
wreckˈer noun - A person who purposely causes a wreck or who plunders wreckage
- Someone who criminally ruins anything
- A person who (or machine that) demolishes or destroys
- A person or ship employed in recovering disabled vessels or their cargo
- A person, vehicle or train employed in removing wreckage
- A vehicle equipped with a hoisting device, used to tow wrecked or disabled motor vehicles (US)
- A person who is employed in demolishing buildings, etc
wreckˈful adjective (poetic) Causing ruin wreckˈing noun and adjective wreck buoy noun A buoy, usu green, marking the position of a wrecked vessel wreck commissioners plural noun A tribunal that inquires into shipping disasters wreckˈfish noun The stone bass, a large perch of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Tasman Sea, Polyprion americanus, having the reputation of frequenting wrecked ships wreckˈing ball noun A heavy metal globe suspended from a crane to be swung against a building in demolishing it wreckˈmaster noun A person taking charge of a disabled ship or train and its cargo or freight receivers of wrecks Wreckmasters |