wreck

UK /ˈɹɛk/ US /ˈɹɛk/
noun 5verb 5

Definitions

noun

1

Something or someone that has been ruined.

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

2

The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.

To the fair haven of my native home, / The vvreck of vvhat I was, fatigued I come, […]

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

3

An event in which something is damaged through collision.

Hard and obſtinate, / As is a rocke amidſt the raging floods: / gaynſt vvhich a ſhip of ſuccour deſolate, / doth ſuffer vvreck both of her ſelfe and goods.

the wrecks of matter and the crush of worlds

4

An event in which something is damaged through collision.

5

Goods, etc. cast ashore by the sea after a shipwreck.

2. ... Wreck includes the cargo, stores and tackle of a vessel and all parts of a vessel separated from the vessel, and the property of persons who belong to, are on board or have quitted a vessel that is wrecked, stranded or in distress at any place in Canada.

verb

1

To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.

He wrecked the car in a collision.

That adulterous hussy wrecked my marriage!

2

To ruin or dilapidate.

3

To plunder goods from wrecked ships.

4

To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.

5

To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to balk of success, and bring disaster on.

Weak and envy'd, if they should conspire, / They wreck themselves, and he hath his Desire.

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