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

  • (..) -That's part of their routine. Oh, my God! l am so sorry. Hotel security! ls everything all right here? Everything is fine. Just a little case of PMS. That's all. l'm just one big, emotional wreck. Could you guys go get me some Midol and a Snickers? -Let's get out of here. -My ass is fat. (..)
    2004 White Chicks
  • (..) ls everybody all right? My God! Your lip. My God! Your nose. Marcus, are you okay? -l'm cool. -Baby's in a wreck! l can't believe... you think we're going to go to the Hamptons with my face looking like that. lt's really not that bad. Just get some makeup and cover it up. (..)
    2004 White Chicks