wreck
4 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
wrecks
plural
wrecks
Britannica Dictionary definition of WRECK
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1
a
:
a vehicle, airplane, etc., that has been badly damaged or destroyed
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Firefighters pulled him from the (car) wreck.
2
US
:
an accident in which a car, airplane, train, etc., is badly damaged or destroyed
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This car has never been in a wreck.
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a car/train/plane wreck
3
informal
:
a person who is very tired, ill, worried, or unhappy
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The stress of her final exams made her a wreck.
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Dad was a nervous wreck on the day I had my surgery.
4
informal
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something that is not in good condition
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Who would buy this wreck of a car?
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The house is a wreck.
2
wreck
/ˈrɛk/
verb
wrecks;
wrecked;
wrecking
2
wreck
/ˈrɛk/
verb
wrecks;
wrecked;
wrecking
Britannica Dictionary definition of WRECK
[+ object]
1
:
to damage (something) so badly that it cannot be repaired
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I wrecked my mother's car.
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Many houses were wrecked by the hurricane.
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a wrecked car
2
:
to ruin or destroy (something)
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The affair wrecked his marriage.
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Even though the rumor was false, it wrecked [=ruined] her career.
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Bad weather wrecked our vacation.
3
:
to destroy (a ship) by crashing it into something
— usually used as (be) wrecked
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The ship was wrecked off the coast of Ireland.
