Wreck

Quick meaning: Wreck is a noun meaning Something or someone that has been ruined.

Meaning

Something or someone that has been ruined.

More Meanings

1. The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
2. An event in which something is damaged through collision.
3. (law, uncountable) Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.
4. (ornithology) A large number of birds that have been brought to the ground, injured or dead, by extremely adverse weather.
5. (transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
6. (transitive) To ruin or dilapidate.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To plunder goods from wrecked ships.

Example Sentences

the wrecks of matter and the crush of worlds

He was an emotional wreck after the death of his wife.

In 2006, 18-year-old Nikki Catsouras was killed in a car wreck in Lake Forest.

[I]n 1952 more than 7,000 were involved in such a "wreck" in Britain and Ireland.

Word Forms

• wrecks
• wrecking
• wrecked

Synonyms for wreck

Depending on context, synonyms include crash, ruins, wrack, bust up, shipwreck.

Antonyms for wreck

Common opposites include build, construct, make, produce.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bust up, crash, wrack, shipwreck, destroy, wreckage.

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