wreck (Meaning)
wreck (n)
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
an accident that destroys a ship at sea
a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
a ship that has been destroyed at sea
wreck (v)
smash or break forcefully
wreck (v. t. & n.)
See 2d & 3d Wreak.
wreck (v. t.)
The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck.
Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.
The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck.
The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.
To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck.
To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.
To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
wreck (v. i.)
To suffer wreck or ruin.
To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.
Synonyms & Antonyms of wreck
wreck Sentence Examples
- The car crash left behind a mangled wreck.
- The hurricane wreaked havoc on the coastal town.
- The earthquake reduced the city to a pile of rubble and wreckage.
- The train wreck blocked the tracks for hours.
- The ship was a complete wreck after the storm.
- The failed relationship left me an emotional wreck.
- The house had fallen into a state of disrepair, becoming a dilapidated wreck.
- The old car was a wreck, barely able to stay on the road.
- The pandemic had wreaked havoc on the economy.
- The botched surgery left the patient a medical wreck.
FAQs About the word wreck
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation, an accident that destroys a ship at sea, a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles
rubble, remains, ruins, debris,wreckage, residue, ashes,remnant, flotsam, detritus
salvage,recovery, salvage, recovery,salvaging, salvaging,
The car crash left behind a mangled wreck.
The hurricane wreaked havoc on the coastal town.
The earthquake reduced the city to a pile of rubble and wreckage.
The train wreck blocked the tracks for hours.
