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Definitions for Wrecking
[1] the act, work, or business of a wrecker.
[2] employed or for use in wrecking: a wrecking crew.
[3] any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
[4] wreckage, goods, etc., remaining above water after a shipwreck, especially when cast ashore.
[5] the ruin or destruction of a vessel in the course of navigation; shipwreck.
[6] a vessel in a state of ruin from disaster at sea, on rocks, etc.
[7] the ruin or destruction of anything: the wreck of one's hopes.
[8] a person of ruined health; someone in bad shape physically or mentally: The strain of his work left him a wreck.
[9] to cause the wreck of (a vessel); shipwreck.
[10] to involve in a wreck.
[11] to cause the ruin or destruction of: to wreck a car.
[12] to tear down; demolish: to wreck a building.
[13] to ruin or impair severely: Fast living wrecked their health.
[14] to be involved in a wreck; become wrecked: The trains wrecked at the crossing.
[15] to act as a wrecker; engage in wrecking.
[16] to involve in or suffer disaster or destruction
[17] (tr) to cause the wreck of (a ship)
[18] the accidental destruction of a ship at sea the ship so destroyed
[19] maritime law goods cast ashore from a wrecked vessel
[20] a person or thing that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
[21] the remains of something that has been destroyed
[22] old-fashioned the act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked; ruin or destruction
Words related to Wrecking
breaking, bashing, smashing, splitting, shattering, ruining, battering, destructive
Words nearby Wrecking
wrecked, wrecker, wrecker's ball, wreckfish, wreckful, wrecking, wrecking bar, wrecking car, wrecking crane, wrekin, wren
Origin of Wrecking
1200–50; (noun) Middle English wrec, wrech, wrek < Old Danish wrækæ wreck; (v.) late Middle English, derivative of the noun
Words that may be confused with Wrecking
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, wreckrack, wrack, wreak, wreck, racked, wracked, wreaked, wrecked
Other words from Wrecking
un·wrecked , adjective
Word origin for Wrecking
C13: from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic rek. See wrack ², wreak
Synonyms for Wrecking
bashing, battering, breaking, ruining, shattering, smashing, splitting, destructive, tearing down