wreck
11wreck — vb *ruin, dilapidate Analogous words: *destroy, demolish, raze: *injure, damage, impair Contrasted words: *save, preserve, conserve …
12wreck — ► NOUN 1) the destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck. 2) a ship destroyed at sea. 3) a building, vehicle, etc. that has been destroyed or badly damaged. 4) N. Amer. a road or rail crash. 5) a person in a very bad physical or mental state. ►… …
13wreck — [rek] n. [ME wrek < Anglo Fr wrec < ON vrek, driftwood, wreckage, akin to MDu wrak, wrack: for IE base see WREAK] 1. goods or wreckage cast ashore after a shipwreck 2. a) the disabling or destruction of a ship by a storm or other disaster;… …
14wreck|er — «REHK uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that causes wrecks. 2. a person whose work is tearing down buildings. 3. a person, car, train, or machine that removes wrecks. 4. a person or ship that recovers wrecked or disabled ships or their cargoes. 5 …
15wreck — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 of a ship VERB + WRECK ▪ discover, find, locate ▪ Divers were sent down to try and locate the wreck. ▪ explore ▪ raise …
16wreck — [[t]re̱k[/t]] wrecks, wrecking, wrecked 1) VERB To wreck something means to completely destroy or ruin it. [V n] He wrecked the garden... [V n] A coalition could have defeated the government and wrecked the treaty... [V n] His life has been… …
17wreck — wreck1 [rek] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(spoil)¦ 2¦(damage)¦ 3¦(destroy a ship)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(SPOIL)¦ to completely spoil something so that it cannot continue in a successful way = ↑ruin ▪ Injury threatened to wreck his sporting career. ▪ It was drink that …
18wreck — 01. He [wrecked] his marriage by drinking too much. 02. The rainstorm really [wrecked] our picnic. 03. Divers have been able to recover all the bodies from the [wreck] of a fishing boat that sunk off the coast of Newfoundland. 04. The ship was… …
19wreck — /rek/, n. 1. any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin. 2. wreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, esp. when cast ashore. 3. the ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation; shipwreck. 4 …
20wreck — 1 verb (T) 1 to completely spoil or destroy something such as a plan, relationship, or opportunity: I just hope the weather doesn t wreck our plans! 2 to damage something such as a building, vehicle etc so badly that it cannot be repaired:… …
