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as in wreckage
the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed
found the wreck of the ship lying on the floor of the ocean
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as in collision
the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact
a dangerous stretch of roadway that has been the scene of numerous car wrecks
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as in to ruin
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters
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Recent Examples of wreck
Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025
After the car wreck, Caffee was transported to a burn unit in Utah, according to the post, and later was in critical condition after undergoing surgery.
—Elise Solé, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
Filip Timotija, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
Cindric needs a strong result after being docked 50 points this week for intentionally wrecking Ty Dillon at COTA.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Man charged after crash that killed 5 A man was charged Friday with intoxication manslaughter after five people were killed and several injured in a late-night wreck in Austin, Texas, that involved more than a dozen vehicles on Interstate 35, authorities said.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025
After the car wreck, Caffee was transported to a burn unit in Utah, according to the post, and later was in critical condition after undergoing surgery.
—Elise Solé, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
Western North Carolina, and particularly the area in and around Asheville, suffered some of the worst damage in the state with mudslides and flooding, leaving dozens of people dead and wrecking roads and buildings.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
Cindric needs a strong result after being docked 50 points this week for intentionally wrecking Ty Dillon at COTA.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wreck
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The team of masons, covered in dust and sweat, had been working in the ruins of the Altadena house for hours when a shout echoed across the wreckage.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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Neighbor John Green found Pickering’s body in the wreckage of a building just across the street from Green’s home.—
TIME,
TIME,
17 Mar. 2025
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At the time of January’s collision one controller was handling two positions, the National Transportation Safety Board noted.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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The chances of the asteroid’s collision then continued to fluctuate in the weeks following.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Another particularly gay episode sends Peter and his friends on a dangerous sailing expedition, only for them to get shipwrecked on Fire Island.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
16 Feb. 2025
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The movie, the story of a robot shipwrecked on an island only inhabited by animals, includes a shot of San Francisco Bay and depicts the Golden Gate Bridge as submerged due to sea level rise.—
Zack Budryk,
The Hill,
20 Feb. 2025
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
23 Mar. 2025
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Institutions of higher learning, schools, churches, museums ruined.—
Askold Haywas,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Dazed individuals are seen walking among debris in a hallway, with smoke in the air and power knocked out.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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The mayor reported falling debris and fires in three districts of the capital.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Worried about the impact of a market crash on JNJ stock?—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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There is a crash on I-70 between I-435/Exit 411 and 78th Street/Exit 414.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2025
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The vets were left facing foreclosure after the VA scuttled a key part of a pandemic-era mortgage relief program.—
Quil Lawrence,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2025
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In this case, among those doing the observing are both Major League Baseball, which scuttled the team’s unusual idea of hiring pedestrians for a practice squad, and the players union, which is reportedly displeased with the team’s lack of spending.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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Af Klint edited her own notebooks later in life, rewriting or destroying entire passages and exorcising biographical details.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea Thursday as fire crews struggled to contain the country's worst-ever wildfires, which have killed 28 people, forced at least 37,800 to flee their homes and destroyed thousands of structures and vehicles.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Wreck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wreck. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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