wreck

  • 31wreck — To destroy, disable, or seriously damage. To reduce to a wreck or ruinous state by any kind of violence; to overthrow, shatter, or destroy; to cause to crash or suffer ruin, synonymous with ruin, smash, and demolish. Its antonyms are save,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 32wreck — Synonyms and related words: accident, assault, atomize, attack, auto, autocar, automobile, bankrupt, barbarize, batter, beach, blight, bloodbath, blow, blue ruin, boat, botch, break to pieces, breakdown, breaking up, breakup, bring to ruin,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 33wreck — [13] Wreck goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *wreg , a variant of which may be responsible for English urge. Its Germanic descendant *wrek formed the basis of a verb *wrekan ‘drive’. The native English descendant of this is wreak… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 34wreck — noun 1》 the destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck.     ↘a ship destroyed in such a way.     ↘Law goods brought ashore by the sea from a wreck. 2》 a building, vehicle, etc. that has been destroyed or badly damaged.     ↘N. Amer. a road or rail …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 35wreck — 1. noun 1) salvage teams landed on the wreck Syn: shipwreck, sunken ship, derelict; shell, hull; wreckage 2) the wreck of a stolen car Syn: wreckage, debris, remainder, ruins, remains …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 36wreck — 1. noun 1) salvage teams landed on the wreck Syn: shipwreck, sunken ship, hull 2) the wreck of a stolen car Syn: wreckage, debris, ruins, remains, burnt out shell 2. verb 1) …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 37wreck — Verb: To tear down. To drive a vehicle or handle an object in such manner as to destroy or damage it greatly. To disorganize or cause serious injury to anything. Mochel v Iowa State Traveling Men s Asso. 203 Iowa 623, 213 NW 259, 51 ALR 1327.… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 38wreck — [13] Wreck goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *wreg , a variant of which may be responsible for English urge. Its Germanic descendant *wrek formed the basis of a verb *wrekan ‘drive’. The native English descendant of this is wreak… …

    Word origins

  • 39wreck — [rek] verb [T] I to destroy or damage something badly II noun [C] wreck [rek] 1) something that has been badly damaged or is in very bad condition 2) informal someone who looks or feels very ill or tired 3) American an accident that involves a… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 40Wreck-Gar — is the name of a fictional character from the Transformers universes.Transformers: Generation 1Transformers character name = Wreck Gar affiliation = Autobot subgroup = Junkions function = Junkion Leader motto = Collect and save, collect and save …

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