to wreck
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2.9
- verb
- /rɛk/
:
destrozar
- The careless driver wrecked his car when he crashed into the wall.
- wreck a ship
- wreck a car
- wreck the economy
This is the stuff that can wreck your nervous system.
- This is the stuff that can wreck your nervous system.
- Is your life being wrecked by the Super rich?
- Not only did he not wreck the car, he's waxing it.
- And that's why so many people want JJ to fucking wreck him in this fight.
- Every single Republican administration has wrecked the economy.
- That'd be billions of caravans wrecking Loch Ness.
- Well, one speck of phosphate from any detergent is going to wreck this experiment.
- These people are wrecking so many lives with impunity.
- That's a great idea, except for the fact that you just wrecked the philosophical point.
- Almost always better to build than to wreck.
- I've tried so many and they just wreck my skin.
- The, you know, world in in some of these has not been wrecked the way it has been.
- Why is he Why is he train wrecking it, boys?
Examples
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The storm could wreck the old bridge, making it unsafe for travel.
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She was afraid that the harsh winter would wreck her garden.
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This is the stuff that can wreck your nervous system.
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These machines wreck your plastic, then give you the camera.
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Warning, this music is an ear worm that may wreck your weekend.
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Is your life being wrecked by the Super rich?
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These green guys are running around wrecking things.
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They get you in trouble, they wreck your car, they get you injured.
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These people are wrecking so many lives with impunity.
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Two hundred roofs wrecked in one night.
Synonyms
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1.0
Damage something so badly that it cannot be used or fixed
∞
1.0
To change a large bill into smaller bills
553
4.0
To break something so it does not work
481
2.2
To hit something with great force and cause damage
401
1.6
To press something hard so it breaks or loses its shape
311
2.1
To break something into many pieces using great force
221
4.9
To destroy something greatly or make people feel deeply shocked and sad
73
6.6
To damage a place or thing very badly
57
3.2
Make a building or wall fall down suddenly
48
4.6
Cause deep pain to someone's feelings and destroy their hopes
34
5.8
To break something into pieces by hitting it hard
30
8.7
To severely damage something so it cannot be used
15
4.2
Completely destroy an idea, argument, or reputation
15
7.6
To destroy something completely so nothing is left
11
4.1
To completely destroy something, often hopes or plans
10
6.9
Tear something into many pieces or say very bad things about it
8
7.6
Damage something badly, often by hitting or dropping it
5
4.7
To damage something very badly so it breaks into pieces
3
5.1
To damage something so badly it cannot be fixed
1
9.1
To break something into pieces
To divide something into parts, for example by cutting it or by sharing it among people
Make something stop working by hitting or dropping it
Antonyms
How Damaging
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wreck as a verb comes from the same old English wrecca, with the idea of being 'driven' and broken, so it came to mean 'to smash' or 'ruin' something. That's why to wreck a car or house is to badly damage or destroy it.