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wreck English

Meaning wreck meaning

What does wreck mean?
Definitions in simple English

wreck Noun

— A wreck is what is left of something that has been seriously damaged. The wreck of the Titanic was found on the bottom of the sea.

wreck Verb

— If you wreck something, you harm it beyond repair.

wreck

— verb (= bust up) smash or break forcefully The kid busted up the car — noun something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation the house was a wreck when they bought it thanks to that quack I am a human wreck — noun a ship that has been destroyed at sea — noun (= shipwreck) an accident that destroys a ship at sea — noun (= crash) a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles) they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane

Synonyms wreck synonyms

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wreck English » English

ruin destroy demolish spoil shipwreck crash destruction damage devastate collapse wreckage smash disrupt break wrack sabotage ravage pull down fall accident shatter remains perdition overthrow mess up mar downfall doom destruct undermine trash total tear down subvert sink ruins ruination quash perish make bad lay waste kill disaster disassemble degrade crush crock crack confuse bust up

Topics wreck topics

What do people use wreck to talk about?
Physical actions Break, wear out

Destroy
Social behavior Behavior Do good to Meddle

Spoil
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Accident
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Nervous

Conjugation wreck conjugation

How do you conjugate wreck?

wreck · verb

Examples wreck examples

How do I use wreck in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The divers found a wreck on the sea-bed.
A stewardess was rescued from the wreck.
After the hurricane, their house was a wreck.
A hundred people were hurt in a train wreck.
Driving on a slippery road can lead to a car wreck.
Most folks use their youth to wreck their old age.
Tom is a nervous wreck.
He confirmed that it was the wreck of the Titanic.
I'm a total wreck.
You're a total wreck.
She's a total wreck.
He's a total wreck.
Tom looks like a nervous wreck.
The next day the wreck of the ship was discovered on the shore.
Thirteen people died in the train wreck.
Thirteen people were killed in the train wreck.

Movie subtitles

I heard she pulled him out of the wreck.
Cool, just don't wreck my ride.
Now, you low-down rat, get out. or we wreck the joint! - Come on!
Boss don't send me down in that hole there I'm a nervous wreck already.
I'm not trying to break in, but I've been in a wreck.
My fellow, we have several survivors from the last wreck still in the house.
What is it, The Wreck of the Hesperus?
We might even wreck a train or two.
I build motors, not wreck them.
Why did you wreck the car?
They're gonna wreck that neon sign.
There's been a terrible wreck!
It's an old wreck, anyway. It doesn't matter.
You hear? They planned a another wreck tonight.
And do you think that after the way you've behaved. i suggest that if you want to get this thing straightened out and not wreck everything through. this trip, you've got to do something about this.
Not only did she wreck my life, there were others as well.
You gotta find the right party. You mean, someone who hasn't heard of the wreck.
And I will do my part. to save what little I can from the wreck you've made of our lives.
I'm a nervous wreck. And get one for Mrs Gilbert.
You made a nervous wreck out of me, you tortured me, you took my pride away, my self-respect and I stood for it, but if you try to tell me that he just came here to bring a handbag, I'll kill you.
I hope so. I don't want to meet my fiance a nervous wreck.
Are you guys trying to wreck my house?
But you've certainly made a terrible wreck of this one.
Now, you low-down rat, get out. or we wreck the joint!
Tell 'em to make sure no-one gets clear of the wreck.
That last wreck didn't bring in what it should have. That's what I say. That's what you say.
Some absent-minded chap might mislay a piece or two, in a manner of speaking, on the way up from the wreck.
If I didn't, you'd never see another wreck.
Yes, Joss has called the men for tonight. There's to be another wreck.
We got silk from last night's wreck. You see?
Another wreck? Tonight?
This man deliberately plans the wrecking of ships and the cold-blooded slaughter of any who survive the wreck.
They came here to hang us over the wreck.

News and current affairs

Labour, by contrast, argues that immediate spending cuts would wreck the recovery - that the hole in the economy, not the government budget deficit, is the problem needing most attention.
George W. Bush has done more to wreck US economic policy than any other President in American history, exceeding even his mentor, Ronald Reagan.
What we are witnessing in many countries looks like a slow-motion replay of the last housing-market train wreck.
President Bush seems poised to wreck America's budget for years to come.
This lack of policy bullets is reflected in most advanced economies' embrace of some form of austerity, in order to avoid a fiscal train wreck down the line.
No firebrand, he sought advice on how to reform his economy and explained his realistic and prescient concerns that the American right would try to wreck his presidency.
Thus, in most advanced economies, deficits need to be reduced to avoid a fiscal train wreck down the line.
First, we must accept that austerity measures, necessary to avoid a fiscal train wreck, have recessionary effects on output.
The mandarins are now counting on an Upper House controlled by the DPJ to wreck Abe's civil-service reforms.
Lebanon's democracy often looks a lot like a train wreck, and the country has stumbled into armed conflict many times in recent years.
The Tibetans cannot complain that they have been left behind in China's transformation from a Third World wreck to a marvel of supercharged urban development.
Have we forgotten so readily the repugnance with which we discovered the dishonesty and extravagance that helped to wreck our prosperity in the West?
This wreck is likely to damage not only Brazil but much of Latin America.
Blair took over a strong economic legacy, and, to be scrupulously fair, he didn't wreck it.

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