wreck

[ rek ]

/ rɛk /

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noun

any 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 wreck

1200–50; (noun) Middle English wrec, wrech, wrek < Old Danish wrækæ wreck; (v.) late Middle English, derivative of the noun

SYNONYMS FOR wreck

9 destroy, devastate, shatter. See spoil.

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OTHER WORDS FROM wreck

un·wrecked, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wreck

rack wrack wreak wreck racked wracked wreaked wrecked

Words nearby wreck

wreak havoc, wreath, wreathe, wreathed column, wreathy, wreck, wreckage, wrecked, wrecker, wrecker's ball, wreckfish

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British Dictionary definitions for wrecked (1 of 2)

wrecked

/ (rɛkt) /

adjective

slang in a state of intoxication, stupor, or euphoria, induced by drugs or alcohol

British Dictionary definitions for wrecked (2 of 2)

wreck

/ (rɛk) /

verb

to 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 wreck

C13: from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic rek. See wrack ², wreak

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wreck

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verb (used without object)

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