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

  • (..) Do we get a nanny? I mean, can we afford a nanny? And if we can, we can't get a pretty one, 'cause it'll wreck our marriage. We can't get an ugly one, 'cause it'll scare the kid. I-I don't know, Howie. Are we in a good school district? (..)
    2016 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Positive Negative Reaction Season: 9 Episode 16
  • (..) The Nightrider! Hey, Jimbo. Remember that Code ? Remember him when you look up! Well, well, well. Johnny the Boy is still at the wreck. Stoned again. He's never gonna learn. But we are going to teach him, Bubba. You are going back for him. No way! Not me, not for him! (..)
    1979 Mad Max
  • (..) You're a lucky boy. Didn't even get road rash. Hey, Midge... ...don't write off the Goose... ...until you see the box going into the hole. Yeah, well, don't wreck my truck now. -I'll bring it back tomorrow. -Yeah, no hurry. Hey, you sure you're all right? Couldn't be righter. Jimmy the Goose, (..)
    1979 Mad Max