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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

  • (..) And then when I got out. I headed over to the hotel with Tyler. And was Doug there then? I didn't see Doug. Because you guys were passed out. The room was a wreck. So I was just curled up next to Stu. I got a question. You said when your shift ended. Is that mean you're a nurse? (..)
    2009 The Hangover