Sekirov Dictionary

wreck

/ˈɹɛk/

verb 6
noun 6
forms 5
phrases 1

verb6

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to break or damage something so badly that it is useless
- He wrecked the car in a collision.
- That adulterous hussy wrecked my marriage!
To ruin or dilapidate.
•
To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
- Weak and envy'd, if they should conspire, / They wreck themselves, and he hath his Desire. — 1595
•
To be involved in a wreck; to be damaged or destroyed.
- […] Mrs. Marleen Ketchum was not quite certain if the train wrecked or if the volcano blew its top. It took a moment before she was certain it had to be the passenger train. — 2020
(Australia) To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.
(no longer used) To plunder goods from wrecked ships.

noun6

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Something or someone that has been ruined.
- He was an emotional wreck after the death of his wife.
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The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
- To the fair haven of my native home, / The vvreck of vvhat I was, fatigued I come, […] — 1782
•
An event in which something is damaged through collision.
- Hard and obstinate, / As is a rocke amidst the raging floods: / gaynst vvhich a ship of succour desolate, / doth suffer vvreck both of her selfe and goods. — 1595
A shipwreck: an event in which a ship is heavily damaged or destroyed.
Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
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A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.
- [I]n 1952 more than 7,000 were involved in such a "wreck" in Britain and Ireland. — 1988

forms

wrecked · wrecking · wrecketh · wrecks · wreckest

Phrases with wreck

train wreck
A train crash.

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