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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

  • (..) l don't wanna be an actor. Stromboli was terrible. - He was? - Yeah, he locked me in a bird cage-- - He did? - Uh-huh, but l learned my lesson. - l'm going-- - Oh, you poor, poor boy. You must be a nervous wreck. That's it, you are a nervous wreck! We must diagnose this case at once. Bless my soul. (..)
    1940 Pinocchio