English to English
wreck
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noun (n)
- something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation(noun.state)Example:
The house was a wreck when they bought it.
Thanks to that quack I am a human wreck.
source: wordnet30 - a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)(noun.event)source: wordnet30
- a ship that has been destroyed at sea(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- See 2d & 3d Wreak.(verb)source: webster1913
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913
- To suffer wreck or ruin.(verb)source: webster1913