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Meaning of 'wreck' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wreck [ v. i.]
- To suffer wreck or ruin.
- To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.
2 . 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.
3 . Wreck [ v. t. & n.]
- See 2d & 3d Wreak.

Meaning of 'wreck' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wreck [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
Example in sentence:
  • thanks to that quack I am a human wreck;
  • the house was a wreck when they bought it
Meaning (2):
- a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
Example in sentence:
  • they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane
3 . wreck [ v]
Meaning (3):
- smash or break forcefully
Example in sentence:
  • The kid busted up the car

Nearby Words:

wreak wreaked wreaken wreaker wreakful wreaking wreakless wreath wreath-shell wreathe

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