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wreck

Definition

  • noun: a vehicle, airplane, etc., that has been badly damaged or destroyed
  • noun: something cast up on the land by the sea especially after a shipwreck
  • verb: to cast ashore
  • verb: to damage (something) so badly that it cannot be repaired
  • usually used as '(be) wrecked'
  • synonyms: shipwreck, ruin, dynamite

Examples

  • Even though the rumor was false, it 'wrecked' [='ruined'] her career.

  • Dad was a 'nervous wreck' on the day I had my surgery.

  • The stress of her final exams made her a 'wreck'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) So? Just because you specifically asked doesn't mean I'm going to. You shouldn't smoke. You have a family history of lung cancer. I have a family history of car wrecks too. Does that mean I shouldn't drive? - That is not funny. - It wasn't supposed to be. All right, what is the problem (..)
    2005 In Her Shoes