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as in ruined
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 wrecked
Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
He was found in Laughry Creek near the wrecked SUV and was dressed in only his underwear, the prosecutor said.
—Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2025
Eventually, the action shifts from Kavalier’s Neverland base to the crash site, where Hermit’s search-and-rescue team and eventually Kirsh and the Lost Boys have to sift through both the wrecked ship and the massive building surrounding it.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
The same year the Earl of Chatham was discovered in Scotland, a storm in Massachusetts exposed a wrecked schooner from 1909, another on North Carolina’s Outer Banks’s revealed the remains of a boat from 1919 and storms in Maine resurfaced yet another 18th century vessel on a beach.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Beth D'addono, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
Unfortunately, the winds yesterday undid all that labor and wrecked our structure.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Crucially, nothing has been wrecked by a bad renovation — a real danger for historic homes, of which the area has many.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2025
No arrests have been made in the hit-and-run, but investigators are looking at the driver of a car found wrecked just east of the bridge.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
The spat has driven out some Canadians living in the US and wrecked the economies of US-Canada border towns, and Canadians are more pessimistic about the economy than ever.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Computers, desks, a washer and dryer were among the belongings in the muddied basement that were wrecked in the storm.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The chief said the suspect wrecked the vehicle before taking a Volkswagen from a car dealership.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Supporters said turning the I-375 freeway into a traditional boulevard was supposed to revitalize communities, including the city's Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods previously wrecked through the creation of the highway and other developments.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
The wrecked streetcar is colored yellow and white and was named the Elevador da Gloria.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
He was found in Laughry Creek near the wrecked SUV and was dressed in only his underwear, the prosecutor said.
—Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2025
Eventually, the action shifts from Kavalier’s Neverland base to the crash site, where Hermit’s search-and-rescue team and eventually Kirsh and the Lost Boys have to sift through both the wrecked ship and the massive building surrounding it.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
The same year the Earl of Chatham was discovered in Scotland, a storm in Massachusetts exposed a wrecked schooner from 1909, another on North Carolina’s Outer Banks’s revealed the remains of a boat from 1919 and storms in Maine resurfaced yet another 18th century vessel on a beach.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Kitchens were wrecked, and diners were an endangered species.
—Beth D'addono, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
Unfortunately, the winds yesterday undid all that labor and wrecked our structure.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Crucially, nothing has been wrecked by a bad renovation — a real danger for historic homes, of which the area has many.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2025
No arrests have been made in the hit-and-run, but investigators are looking at the driver of a car found wrecked just east of the bridge.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
The spat has driven out some Canadians living in the US and wrecked the economies of US-Canada border towns, and Canadians are more pessimistic about the economy than ever.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Computers, desks, a washer and dryer were among the belongings in the muddied basement that were wrecked in the storm.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The chief said the suspect wrecked the vehicle before taking a Volkswagen from a car dealership.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Supporters said turning the I-375 freeway into a traditional boulevard was supposed to revitalize communities, including the city's Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods previously wrecked through the creation of the highway and other developments.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrecked
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The Red Sox got a run back on Masataka Yoshida’s RBI single in the third, but the club later stranded men at the corners in both the fourth and sixth, squandering what turned out to be the club’s last scoring opportunities.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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The two met when Bethany was a teenager on a school trip who got stranded in Warsaw for a month when ash from an Icelandic eruption grounded planes across Europe.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Alternatively, a star being ripped apart in TDE could produce a day-long GRB, but this scenario fails to replicate other properties of the GRB 250702B, an explosion that would require a very unusual star being destroyed by an even stranger black hole.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Hadid was commissioned to design it for a fire brigade on the Vitra Campus after a major 1981 fire destroyed most of the complex, which originally consisted of factory buildings but is now a collection of contemporary design and architecture showrooms.—
Mae Hamilton,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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The game has been his passion since his earliest days, passed down by his father whose own dreams of playing were scuttled by an injury.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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San Jose had scuttled through a winless June.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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To him, the field looked ruined — nothing like the stiff, proud stalks of wheat growing nearby.—
Julia Rendleman,
ProPublica,
5 Sep. 2025
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Our family has been ruined by Denise's lies of promising to end a year-long affair.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That fresh story finds Daryl and Carol shipwrecked in Spain after setting out from England on a boat and fighting a losing battle against a storm.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Additionally, several existing dilapidated buildings on the site will be demolished and their concrete recycled and partly reused to realize the new structures.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Sep. 2025
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Archaeologists believe that Ayscough's house was demolished after a fire destroyed it in the early 1800s – but its remains have only just been uncovered in new excavations.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Fraudulent pet listings are leaving victims emotionally devastated and financially drained, Dennis Horton, senior director of the Rockford Regional Office, said in the announcement.—
Abreanna Blose,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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So devastated were the locals that the tree’s remains lie in the Niger National Museum, and a commemorative metal sculpture stands in its place.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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In the aftermath, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko recorded a video message from the building’s shattered upper floors.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Photos of the aftermath showed the front windshield on the roof of the bus shattered and nearly flattened.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Wrecked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrecked. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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