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wreck
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- pronunciation:
- rek
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
an action or event, such as a collision, that results in great or total destruction.
- synonyms:
- smash, smash-up
- similar words:
- accident, collision, crack-up, crash, pileup
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definition 2: |
the remains of something that has been destroyed or ruined, as of a ship or automobile.
- synonyms:
- ruins, wrack, wreckage
- similar words:
- debris, flotsam, remains, shipwreck
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definition 3: |
the destruction of a ship while it is sailing, as by a storm; shipwreck.
- synonyms:
- shipwreck
- similar words:
- smash-up
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definition 4: |
the destruction or annihilation of something such as hopes or ambitions.
- synonyms:
- annihilation, destruction, devastation, ruin, ruination
- similar words:
- demolition, desolation
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definition 5: |
a person or thing in a rundown or ruined condition.
I'm a nervous wreck!- synonyms:
- ruin
- similar words:
- mess, wretch
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related words: |
casualty, catastrophe, devastation, heap, waste |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
wrecks, wrecking, wrecked |
definition 1: |
to cause the ruin or destruction of.
- synonyms:
- demolish, destroy, ruin
- similar words:
- break, bust, devastate, founder, lay waste, play havoc with, ravage, scuttle, shatter, smash, spoil, total
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definition 2: |
to tear down or apart intentionally (an old building or the like).
- synonyms:
- demolish, raze, tear down
- similar words:
- dismantle, level
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definition 3: |
to defeat or annihilate (hope, ambition, opportunities, or the like).
- synonyms:
- annihilate, demolish, destroy, extinguish, kill, shatter, smash, snuff out
- similar words:
- blast, break, crush, defeat, end, exterminate, finish, lay waste, obliterate, play havoc with, quash, quell, spoil
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related words: |
annihilate, bungle, crash, damage, demolish, muddle, ruin, trample, trash, waste |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to be ruined, destroyed, or severely damaged, as by collision or shipwreck.
- synonyms:
- ruin
- similar words:
- collide, crash, founder, smash
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definition 2: |
to engage in wrecking, as of old buildings or automobiles.
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related words: |
damage |
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