wreck
v.
ruin, destroy; devastate; shatter (e.g. one's hopes); be destroyed; be sunken (e.g. of a ship)
n.
destruction; ruins, debris, remains; junk; nervous person; sunken ship; debris washed ashore
Wreck
Wreck may refer to:A collision of an automobile, aircraft or other vehicle
Shipwreck, the remains of a ship after a crisis at sea
Receiver of Wreck, an official of the British government whose main task is to process incoming reports of wreck
Rambling Wreck, a car that leads the Georgia Tech football team onto the field prior to every game in Bobby Dodd Stadium
WREK (FM), a radio station at Georgia Tech, named after the carIn
ornithology, an event where large numbers of seabirds are driven inland due to adverse weather
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wreck
Noun
1. 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"
(hypernym) decline, declination
(derivation) bust up, wrack
2. an accident that destroys a ship at sea
(synonym) shipwreck
(hypernym) accident
(hyponym) capsizing
(derivation) bust up, wrack
3. a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
(synonym) crash
(hypernym) accident
(hyponym) prang
4. a ship that has been destroyed at sea
(hypernym) ship
(derivation) bust up, wrack
Verb
1. smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"
(synonym) bust up, wrack
(hypernym) destroy, ruin
Wreck
(v. t.)
To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.
(v. t.)
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.
(v. t.)
To bring wreck or ruin upon by any kind of violence; to destroy, as a railroad train.
(v. t.)
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.
(v. t.)
The remain of anything ruined or fatally injured.
(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.
(v. t.)
Goods, etc., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon the land by the sea.
(v. t.)
Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.
(v. t. & n.)
See 2d & 3d Wreak.
(v. i.)
To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.
(v. i.)
To suffer wreck or ruin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Wreck
A wrecked vessel, either submerged or visible, which is attached to or foul of the bottom or cast up on the shore.
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